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HORTICULTUKE 



May 24, 1913 



We will have a full 

 Supply of 

 Everything 



FORMEMORIALDAY 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO. 



Bouquet Green, 



8c per lb. 

 Imported Oak Leaves, 



$2.00 per basket. 

 Brilliant Bronze and Green 



Galax, $1.00 per 1000; $7.50 



per case of 10,000. 

 Imported Bronze and Green Maj 



nolia Leaves, $2.00 per hamper 



in five-hamper lots. 

 Green Leucothoe Sprays, $1.00 ] 



per 1000. 



Immortelles, all colors. 

 Laurel Wreaths, extra fine, $3.0( 

 Laurel Festooning, extra heavy, $6.00 per 

 Branch Laurel, 50c per bundle. 

 Sphagnum Moss, $2.00 and $2.50 per bale. 



Place your orders with us. We can fill all orders for cut 

 flowers of all standard vcu-ieties. 



tock of best growers in New England 



CARNATIONS 

 STOCKS 



ROSES 

 SPIRAEA 



Sweet Peas, Snapdragon, Fansies, Eas- 

 ter Lilies, Peonies, Callas, 

 prengeri, Plnmosus and all seasonable 

 flowers. 



We carry such a large stock 



that we can fill orders at a 



.^ moment's notice. 



^*-. An order placed with us 



will he filled prompt- 



9«i 



A full line 



of 

 FLORISTS' 

 SUPPLIES 

 always on 

 hand. 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & GO. C;</^^. 



Manufacturers and Importers of ^ij^. 



ealers in Hardy Cut Everereens. •*"' 



BOSTON, MASS. 



ly, properly and to 



Wholesale Florists — Manufacturers and Importers of 

 Florists' Supplies— Dealers in Hardy Cut Everereens. 



i- faction. 



■i WINTHROP SQCABE 

 34 OTIS STREET 



Telephones: Main 2618, 3617, 

 2616, 2439; Fort Hill 26,290. 



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Personal 



Mr. Gresham, of Atlanta, Ga., where 

 he is manager of the establishment of 

 the Dahl Company, was in Washing- 

 ton during the week. 



Ernest Johnson, for six years florist 

 at the Monson State Hospital, has re- 

 Bigned and taken a position in charge 

 of the Beach greenhouses in South 

 Hadley, Mass. 



Win fried Rolker of New York 

 started on his annual European trip 

 on May 17 sailing on the S. S. Zeeland 

 and will look after his Belgium grow- 

 ers and crops first. 



J. A. Weber has resigned his posi- 

 tion as head gardener on the W. L. 

 Goodwin estate, Hartford, Conn., and 

 accepted a position as superintendent 

 of the C. G. Goodwin estate at Numbra 

 Heights, near Excelsior, Minn. 



Invitations are out for the wedding, 

 on June 5, of Robert C. Folwell, Jr., 

 former captain of the University of 

 Pennsylvania football team, and Miss 

 Elizabeth Pennock, daughter of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Abraham Liddon Pennock, of 

 Lansdowne, Pa. 



Under date of May 12th, Alexander 

 Gumming of the Red Rose Nurseries 

 at Center Square, Pa., reports from 

 his western vacation, dated at Colo- 

 rado Springs, Colo.: "Feeling fine and 

 getting fit rapidly." We are glad to 

 hear this cheerful report. 



Visiting Boston: Prof. E. A. White, 

 Amherst. Mass.; P. Koster, Boskoop, 

 Holland. 



Visiting New York: P Welch. Bos- 

 ton. 



Belvidere, III. — Frank P. Brigham 

 has rented the Pairview greenhouses 

 of the B. Eldredge estate and taken 

 charge May 15th. Mr. Brigham will 

 continue the place as a wholesale cut 

 flower and plant business. He has 

 been manager here for the last three 

 years. 



Omaha, Neb. — Bids for the removal 

 of the Joslyn greenhouse and for the 

 reconstruction of Hanscom Park 

 greenhouses are called for by the city 

 council. The bids will include the 

 following: Reconstruction of two 

 greenhouses and construction of one 

 new house, 21 x 100 feet; removal of 

 the Joslyn greenhouse and its valua- 

 ble contents of rare plants; changing 

 of the greenhouse heating system from 

 hot water to steam. 



A civil service examination will be 

 held in Alexandria, Va., June 4 and 5 

 for- the position of assistant in plant 

 histology, male, to which is attached 

 a salary ranging from ?1,200 to $1,630 

 per annum. 



Do You Know What 

 You Want ? 



Look in the "Buyers' 

 Directory" of this issue 

 and you wilt probably 

 find represented there 

 somebody who can 

 supply you. It's a good 

 plan to look it over 

 every week, for the 

 weekly changes and 

 additions are many. 



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