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HORTICULTURE 



May 26, 190G 



YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT 



BXIT 



IT IS THE PLANT STAND YOU WILL 

 EVENTUALLY BUY 



THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 



Showing how plant 

 can be placed at any 



hci.L'ht nr anjile on the 

 m-w 20th century ad- 

 justable plant stand. 



Showing the new 20th 

 century adjustable plant 



stand In its natural po- 

 sition ready for use. 



Showing the new 20th 

 century adjustable plant 

 stand folded In compact 

 form for easy and eco- 

 aical shipment. 



A new adjustable plant stand, elegant in appearance anil 

 absolutely adjustable to any height or angle that may be; 

 required in decorations. The stem can be raised out of the 

 hollow steel tube to any required height up to double; the 

 base of the stem is on roller bearings and can be turned around 

 to any point by a touch of the finger; the legs have rubber feet 

 and cannot scratch the most elegant floor; the top or holder is 

 movable and can be set to any angle desirable and can be 

 adjusted to any size pot it]) to 12 inches in diameter. 



We have no hesitation in pronouncing this the best stand 

 on the market today and one which every florist who has decor- 

 ative work must have. True, it is not cheap, but it is reasonable 

 in price and will pay for itself twice over in short order. 



Send for a sample when you place your next order. 



$1.50 each; $17.00 per dozen 



COMIC SUBJECTS. 



Grass growing heads, pigs and bears. These still continue 

 popular. If you have none in stock you lack the latest and best 

 selling novelty of the day. Interests and amuses customers, and 

 creates business. 



FLORISTS' SUPPLY 

 HOUSE OF AMERICA 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. the 



56 North 4th Street, PHILA. 



AN OLD PROBLEM IN A NEW 

 DRESS. 



What is to be done with the Greek 

 fakir? Are the florists going to con- 

 tinue to allow foreigners, ignorant of 

 the details of their trade, to undersell 

 cut flowers, and thus rob them of 

 their rightful customers? They have 

 already established a precedence in 

 the confectionery business, and are 

 now handling cut flowers and plants 

 in large quantities, both in stores and 

 on the streets. If these gentlemen 

 from sunny Greece would buy at reg- 

 ular market prices and sell at regular 

 retail prices, they might be accepted 

 in good standing, but it is a well- 

 known fact that the methods which 

 they employ are anything but business- 

 like, and are bound to hurt trade in 

 one way or another. 



It is next to impossible to obtain 

 any accommodation whatever from 

 these people, and any kind of a deal 

 with them is sure to be a "skin game" 

 of some sort. We know that ours is 

 not the only city, nor are we the only 

 florists who are annoyed by this nui- 

 sance (we know, personally, of im- 

 mense profits on the streets of a large 

 city five hundred miles from here — 

 profits rightfully belonging to the ex- 

 perienced and intelligent florist), but 

 we have the interests of the trade at 

 heart and are anxious to do what we 

 can to help it along. 



Are we going to stand quietly by 

 and watch these swarthy foreigners 

 take a goodly piece out of our busi- 

 ness, or are we going to close in on 

 them and make them do as Americans 

 do while they are on American soil, 

 and handling American products? 



GRACE HOOVER. 



Minneapolis. 



NEWS NOTES. 



F. S. Pearson of Great Barrington. 

 Mass., contemplates building several 

 houses at Edgewood Farm for the 

 cultivation of grapes and peaches. 



The Holly-Castle Company have ex- 

 tended their business to include pip- 

 ing, heating, remodelling and building 

 greenhouses. They move on June 1 

 Hum 49 Federal street to more com- 

 modious offices at 170 Summmer street. 

 Boston. 



James L. Montgomery, superinten- 

 dent of parks of Cambridge, Mass., has 

 been removed by the park commission- 

 ers. No cause other than political is 

 given. John F. Donnelly, for many 

 years assistant city forester, has been 

 appointed acting superintendent. 



David Andrews has disposed of his 

 greenhouses near Plantsville, Ct., to 

 Oleson & Lunden who will use them for 

 their wholesale business and place them 

 in charge of William Fischer. The 

 Bristol street houses will be retained 

 for their retail trade. Mr. Andrews ex- 

 pects to go to Vermont. 



Up to the present time of writing the 

 greenhouses heating firms in New 

 York have their pipe fitters and help- 

 ers locked out. and there is no sign 

 of a settlement in sight. William H. 

 Lutton of Jersey City informs us that 

 he is the only one that has signed the 

 agreement and at present has quite a 

 number of men employed. Among the 

 heating contracts that Mr. Lutton has 

 on hand is that of Mr. J. Stoppani's 

 range at Bayport, Long Island. 



