May 15, 1909 



HORTICULTURE. 



705 



FOR MEMORIAL DAY 1909 



All the Indispensables as well as the Cream of the Useful and 

 Appropriate Novelties for this, The Florists' "Day of Days." 



Memorial Wreaths in Porcelain, Metal, Immortelles, Laurel and Bay Leaves, Magnolia 

 Leaves, Green and Bronze, etc., Inscriptions, Sheaves, etc. 



The Best Stock and The Largest Stock Ever Offered. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., ""' *^ ' '*'"* 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



JOHN BREITMEYER'S 

 — SONS^= 



Cor. Miami and Qratlot Aves. 

 DETROIT, MICH. 



Artistic Designs . . , 

 HIgli Grade Gut Blooms 



W« coT*r all Michigan points and good 

 ••ctiona of Ohio. Indiana and C*n«Mla 



BOSTON'S BEST 



In Quality and Design 



On be relied upon when you transfer yooi 

 retail orders to 



EDWARD MACMULKIN 



194 Boylston Street, Boston 



Send flower orders for delivery la 



BOSTON 



and all 

 NEW ENGLAND POINTS 



THOS. F. CALVIN 



■ 24 Tremont St.. Boston 



TRANSFER 



Your orders for flower or plant deliv- 

 ery in Eastern New England to 



JULIUS A. ZINN, 



2 Beacon St., Boston 

 FINE DESIGN WORK A SPE CIALTY 



Orders by Wire Receive Prompt and Careful Execution 



J. Newman & Sons 



Corporation 



24 Tremont Street, BOSTON 



Theater. Steamer and Funeral Flowers Our Specialty 



We 





all principal i 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 

 JACOB SCHULZ, 



660 South Fourth Ave. 



busy season only, at 69 5th avenue. 

 They have a good location for this 

 Ivind of business and if the venture 

 proves a success it will become a 

 yearly event. 



'FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH." 



Personal. 



Visitors: C. H. Perkins of the Jack- 

 son & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y. ; 

 P. M. Koster, Boskoop, Holland; H. 

 A. Fisher, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Harry 

 E. Philpott, Winnipeg, Manitoba; J. 

 H. Duyveusz, .Jr., Aalsmeer, Holland. 



John Thorpe is convalescing after 

 an attack of bronchitis. His many 

 friends are glad to see him up again 

 and hope for a complete and speedy 

 recovery. 



The young son of George Asmus is 

 recovering from an operation for ap- 

 pendicitis. 



Obituary notes of Mrs. O. P. Bassett 

 and Jacob Schneider will be found in 

 thf column devoted to that purpose, 

 also an interesting note about street 

 tree planting appears in nursery de- 

 partment of this issue. 



Miss Hertha Tonner reports the 

 visit of a brother from South Dakota, 

 accompanied by his bride. 



Robt. Rahaley and bride, of Detroit, 

 reached Chicago and found the flor- 

 ists all on the lookout for them, 

 thanks to the timely warning given by 

 their Detroit friends. The couple 

 was not very much in evidence about 

 the market, due no doubt to the shy- 

 ness mentioned on the announcement 

 cards so generously distributed among 

 the trade. 



A Coming Benedict. 

 The engagement of John A. Then 

 and Olga Hauke will be announced at 

 a dinner participated in by the two 

 families Sunday, May 16th. Mr. Then 

 is a very popular young florist, son 

 of Anton Then, whose entire family 

 are engaged in various ways in the 

 florists' business. 



A Failure. 



J. W. Niesen filed a petition in 

 bankruptcy May 4, with liabilities 

 placed at $3,055, and assets $326. For 

 several years Mr. Niesen has had a 

 retail store and greenhouses at 753 

 Forty-seventh street, which is consid- 

 ered a fine location. 



N. Cambridge, Mass. — Robert E. 

 Sands and George H. Conant, Jr., have 

 started in the wholesale and retail 

 plant business at 67 Garfield street, 

 under the firm name of Sands & 

 Conant. 



Leading Retail Florists Listed by 

 Towns for Ready Reference. 



D«iver, Colo.— Park Floral Co., 1706 

 Broadway. 



Wasblugton, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F St. 



Atlanta, Ga.— Atlanta Floral Co., 41 

 Prneb Tree St. 



Chicago— Hauswlrth, "The Blorlst," 233 

 Michigan Ave. 



Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan 

 Ave. and 31st St. 



Chicago — George WIttbold Co., 1657-60 

 Bncklngbam Place. 



Louisville, Ky.— Jacob Schulz, 650 South 

 Fourth Ave. 



Boston— ThoB. F. Galvln, 124 Tremont St. 



Boston — Edward MacMulkln, 194 Boyl- 

 ston St. 



Boston — Hoffman, Florist, 50-61 Massa- 

 chusetts Ave. 



Boston — J. Newman & Sons, Inc., 24 Tre- 

 mont St. 



Boston — Julius A. Zlnn, 2 Beacon St. 



Wellesley, Mass. — Tallby. 



Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltme.ver's Sons, 

 Miami and Gratiot Aves. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, lOlT 

 Broadway. 



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

 Co., 1116 Walnut St. 



Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St. 



Albany, N. Y.— F. A. Danker, 40 Maiden 

 Lane. 



New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2138- 

 2141 Broadway. 



New York— Alex. McConnell, 671 5th 



New York— Yonng & Nugent, 42 W. 28th St. 



New York — M. A. Bowe, 1294 Broadway. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. — The Blossom (C. C. Tr«- 

 pel, Mgr.), Bond and Livingston Sts. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Fnl- 

 ton St. and Greene Ave. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St. 



Toronto, Can. — J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge St. 



New York, N. Y. — Joseph G. Leikens 

 has added the flower stand in the 

 Plaza Hotel to his other acquisitions 

 in this line. 



