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October 19. 1907 



A FIRST-PRIZE AUTO DECORATION. 



1 he accomparyins picture shows the automobile decoration winniU:^ 

 the first prize as the most orisiual and avtiftic in tlie great Arverne Floral 

 Parade on September 1, 1907. The dec c ration v.as the work of A. Waren- 

 dorff, ct' New Yorlv. 



NEWS NOTES. 



W. R. Goff has taken a position with 

 M. H. Barton of WestfieUi. Mass. 



The directors of the New Vork Cut 

 Flower f'o. hart their regular monlhly 

 meeting last Tuesday, October !o, li'uT. 



C. ranirtell's store in Montreal i.s 

 receiving impoitp.nt alteration. The 

 two front wir^dows are l)einq complete- 

 ly renewed. Miss R. Cainpliell is back 

 a.ijain fiODi a tiip in the West. 



NEW RETAIL FLOWER STORES. 



Mrs. John Smith, at 262 East 31st 

 street. Chicago. 



Chas. Fick. at San Mateo, Calif. 



Miss Clack, at Palo Alto. Calif. 



C. A. Espilin and J. T. Warren, at 

 Tort Collins, Colo. 



.1. A. McLellan at Brainerd. Minn. 



Fay Floral Co., 9 South 7th street, 

 Kansas City, Kan.; D. H. Drummond, 

 manager. 



Fifth Avenue Floral Co., branch at 

 47 N. High street. Columbus, Ohio. 



Carl C. Giimore, formerly connected 

 with the South Kenton Greenhouses, 

 has trans.'crred his business to 213 

 East Frinklin 'street, Kenton. O. Un- 

 til his greenhouse is completed he will 

 have a stand at Krause & Ochs' store. 



The growers of cut flowers from Bay- 

 side, Great Neck and Manhasset, Long 

 Island, are compelled to send their 

 flowers to commission men instead of 

 the flower market, the Long Island 

 Railroad having taken off the regular 

 morning train. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Henry Collins, lately with Houghton 

 & Clark, has taken a lease of the Sib- 

 thorpe greenhouses at Wellesley, 

 Mass. 



J. B. Murdoch & Co., of Pittsburg. 

 Pa., will remove to 714 Pennsylvania 

 avenue as soon as improvements are 

 made. 



Henry M. Robinson & Co., Boston, 

 will on October 29th celebrate the an- 

 niversary of their establishment as 

 wholesale flori.'-ts at their present ad- 

 dress. They have had a prosperous 

 year and extend an invitation to their 

 Iriends and the trade generally to call 

 and partake of their hospitality on 

 that date at 1-5 Province street. Boston. 



One of the greatest treats that the 

 llower-Ioving puHic of Washington, 

 D. C. has bad in some time was fur- 

 nished by Z. D. Blackistone last weeK 

 in the way of a dahlia exhibit, the 

 finest thing of the kind up to date. 

 To all registered visitors bunches of 

 dahlias were presented. Mr. Blackis- 

 tone is well known as the vice-presi- 

 dent of the Florists' Club as well as 

 one of the most public spirited florists 

 ct Washington. 



J. S. Polland. of Eldorado. la., has 

 purchased the greenhouses of Theo. 

 Souers at Grundy Center, and will 

 remove them to his place. 



Braxton, formerly of DeKalb avenue, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y.. has taken the store 

 of A. V.'arendortf, Seventy-si J. th street 

 .md Madison avenue. New York. 



Miss Carmichael, with .Tos. Bennett 

 for years past, has opened a store at 

 No. 6l-'2 St. Catiierine street, west, 

 Montreal. She has her sister as as- 

 sistant. 



TIME IS MONEY 



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FLORISTS' GREEKING PINS 



Wc per lb., and you pet from lOOn to 1100 to the b 

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

 largpf quantuies- 

 WM. * CHLATTER & SON, Fprin^jeld, Mass. 



RAFFIA 



ALL COLORS 



RAFFIA IN HORTICULTURE 



A ?*kein of raffia is an every-day ne- 

 c»ssily wheri-vor floriculture or horti- 

 culture r<yi' (arrietl tm. Riif'ra is the 

 favorit*' t.\ iuj^ materi:il with the phiists- 

 meu for several reasoi.s. Not the 'east 

 (if these- is its comparative inexpen- 

 siveness, but greatest of all i.s the f.tct 

 that it neither stretches nor shrinks 

 under the influence of heat or mois- 

 ture. Oni e properly adjusted, a tie of 

 raffia does not loosen, releasing- that 

 which it was intended to hold; neither 

 does it shrink and cut the plant, per- 

 haps to ruin it. It is soft and pliable, 

 ainl does not break or ravel when 

 folded or knotted. These qualities 

 lirin;i raftia into general use for many 

 purposes in nurseries and green- 

 houses, where heat or moisture are 

 always found. 



Katfiia is also especially adapted for 

 L'rnfting. 



WHERE TO OBTAIN RAFFIA 



AVe import only the best selected 

 stock. It costs more, but it is money 

 well spent. We can, therefore, offer 

 a choice grade, selected on account of 

 its clear color for dyeing purposes. 

 The strands are broad and of good 



We carry in stock an assortment of 

 20 different colors, including brown. 2 

 shades: l»lue. 2 shades: green. 4 shades; 

 red. 3 shades: old gold, orange, yellow, 

 pink, purple, black and white. 



Prices on application. Color samples 



R. H. COMEY GO. 



Dyers and Importers 



CAMDEN, N. J. 



CHICAGP, III. 



SlO-24 Washhuine Ave. 



