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HORTICULTURE, 



October 2C, 1907 



SAN FRANCISCO FLORISTS RE- 

 BUILD. 

 U give lis much pleat-ure to present 

 the accompanying picture of a new 

 liuildiug being erected in San Francis- 

 co by Pelicano. Rossi & Co., for florist 

 puiposes. All the trade, we are sure, 

 will rejoice to see these evidences of 

 progressiveness. courage and prosperity 



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among the florists who suffered so se- 

 verely in the eaithquake fire. This 

 building is located on Kearny street, 

 within half a block of the firm's loca- 

 tion prior to the five. It will be com- 

 pleted December 1, and will be run in 

 conjunction with their store, now at 

 134." Sutter street. 



NEW RETAIL FLOWER STORES. 



Reisch & Barber. N. Alliance, O. 



Menke & Co.. 92.5 Vine St , Cincinna- 

 ti, O. 



Peter Alanoisos, S2 Hudson Ave., Al- 

 bany, N. Y. 



Amns F. Balfont, 121 Northern bou- 

 levard, Albany, N. Y. 



OBITUARY. 



Francis W. Brewer, tlie man who 

 did so much to make Hingham beau- 

 tiful by giving to the town most of its 

 shade trees and by planting many of 

 them with his own hands died at his 

 home in Centre Hingham. Mass., on 

 October 2<-, aged 61 years, tie was an 

 ardent exponent of floriculture and 

 horticultuie, and his estate is called one 

 of the most beautiful on the South 

 Shore. 



HEADQUAKTERS 

 FOR 



HARDY FERNS, GALAX, MOSS, LAUREL, 

 PRINCESS PINE, BOXWOOD, FESTOONING, ETC. 



Best Ferns in Market $1.25 per 1000 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., ^^Pms 



Sre Our Cut Flower Ad. 



15 Province St., and 

 9 Chapman PI., BOSTON 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The winter session was resumed on 

 October 7, when the following officers 

 were elected for the ensuing year: 

 Pres., Henry Wood; vice-pres., An- 

 thony Bauer; secy., George Masson: 

 asst. secy., Adam Worth; treas., .lames 

 Kennedy. 



The society held a dahlia show on 

 October 14, when a fine display was 

 made. The principal prize winners 

 were James Dowlen, Seabright, for dis- 

 play of dahlias in vases; E. O'Rourke, 

 collection of dahlias; A. Bauer, vase of 

 dahlias arranged for effect; J. Kenne- 

 dy, vase of cosmos arranged for ef- 

 fect; Peter Murray, collection of vege- 

 tables. Other exhibitors were B. Wych- 

 off, W. Robertson. Henry Wood and .T. 

 Goodwin. 



The next meeting will be held on 

 November 4, when the newly elected 

 ofiicers will be installed. 



GEORGE MASSON. Sec'y. 



THE TORONTO GARDENERS' AND 

 FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



The regular meeting of the above 

 association was held on Oct. 1.5, E. 

 Dale of P.rampton in the chair. A 

 very interesting discussion took place 

 on the arrangement and planning of 

 the floor space at Massey Hall for 

 the coming Ontario Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition and also on the Hanging Gar- 

 den, which it is proposed by the man- 

 agement to place in the centre of the 

 hall about 14 feet above the floor. 



E. Dale gave a most practical and 

 interesting talk on roses and their 

 culture, describing the various meth- 

 ods which they have tried at Bramp- 

 ton from time to time. Mr. White, 

 manager of the Bedford Park Floral 

 Company also gave his methods and 

 their results. A vote of thanks was 

 tendered Mr. Dale for his most inter- 

 esting address. B. P. COLLINS. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY (N. Y.) 



The regular meeting of this society 

 was held on October 14. President 

 Clark in the Chair. There were sev- 

 eral interesting discussions, the prin- 

 cipal one being on the best method of 

 growing dahlias. .1. Ager gave a very 

 instructive address on the care and 

 management of a vegetable garden. 

 During ihe winter meetings will be 

 held on the second and fourth Mondays 

 of each month. t'. G. AGER. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



The Work of Committees. 



Sew York, Oel. 19th: Mary Donnel- 



lan, Brillisint yellow, .lap incurved. 



Exhibited by C. If. Totty, Madison. 



N. J. Scored SS points Commercial 



and 8G exhibition scale. 



DWID FRASER, Sec'y. 



THE AMERICAN CARNATION SO- 

 CIETY. 



Mr. Peter Fishei-, the originator of 

 Beacon, offers $12 for the best 5u 

 blooms of that variety, ?8 for the sec- 

 ond best and $7, for the third best, to 

 be exhibited at the Exhibition of this 

 Societv in Washington, D. C, Januar> 

 2<th to iOlh, I'lOS. 



ALBERT M. HERR. 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



BOSTON FLORIST LEHER CO. 



MwiiftcturflrBof FLORISTS' LETTERS I 



This YTOOden box nicely stained and 

 Tarnished, 18x30x13, made in two sec- 

 tlons, one for each size letter, ^Iven 

 away with first order of 500 letters 



Block Letters, iJ4 or 2 inch size per xoo, $2. 



Script Letters, 3. Fastener with each letter or 

 word. Used by leading florists everywhere and 

 for sale by all wholesale florisu and supply dealers 



N. r. ►IcCARTtlY* Manager 

 66 Pearl Street. BOSTON, MA55. 



The"Japana"GutFlowerHoi(ler 



A handy article for florists. 

 Sells to the trade on sichl. 

 Made of alass in three sizes. 

 The "Anglais" Table 

 Decoration, bomething 

 entirely new, lorg necdd. 

 The florist and housewife 

 will appr<rciale this article, 

 as it simplifies the art of 

 table decorating.! 

 Ask for catalog. 

 V. CARNSEY, Dept. O, 

 ISO Walola Ave., La Grange, III. 



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TIME IS MONEY 



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FLORISTS' GREEKING' PINS 



200 per lb., and you get from IrtOd to 1100 to the lb. 

 Ten lbs. or over, 15c per lb. Write for prices on 

 argcr quaniities. 

 WM. SCHLATTER & SON, Springfield. Wass. 



American Flower and Tree Tub 



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