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HORTICULTURE 



March 29, 1913 



I^OFi 



HEWS STANDARD POTS 





Pearson Street 

 UMM ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



Main Office and Factortee 

 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



Easter Market Reports 



(^Co?itimied from pagi- ^yg) 



was the favorite on account of its 

 bright color. The Killarneys were also 

 very fine flowers. White roses and 

 lily of the valley were in exceptional 

 demand. Good sweet peas went well 

 but there was an awful lot of low 

 grade stock which buyers did not care 

 for and the same may be said of cat- 

 tleyas. The Schroderae is the only 

 cattleya at present and it is too light 

 colored for popular fancy. Mossiae 

 will be in soon and will take better. 

 Other stocks were plentiful and nearly 

 everything sold well. 



One of the best East- 



ST. LOUIS ers we ever had. Flor- 

 ists with show houses 

 say that plants, above all, had the call 

 and that Easter lilies cleaned up early 

 as plants quite as well as cut-flowers. 

 Many sales were lost by not having 

 enough stock. All blooming plants had 

 one big sale all through. As to out- 

 look the market was so well supplied 

 that orders were filled in full except 

 in lilies. There was a full crop of 

 roses, and they came in in fine quality. 

 Carnations cleaned up well. An im- 

 mense crop of violets and sweet peas 

 was consigned to this market on Sat- 

 urday and Sunday and these cleaned 

 up early at stiff prices. All bulb stock 

 sold well so it's safe to say that the 

 Easter of 1913 was the best the local 

 florists ever experienced. 



Washington flor- 



WASHINGTON ists as a whole 

 are well pleased 

 with the results of the Easter trade. 

 Fair weather materially aided the 

 sale of flowers and there was enough 

 stock to be had to fill all demands ex- 

 cept of orchids and American Beauty 

 roses. The supply of these was short 

 and they were very much in favor. 

 Cut flowers, corsage bouquets, potted 

 plants and made-up baskets all moved 

 equally well. To meet the heavy in- 

 crease in the business of the week 

 end it was necessary that consider- 

 able extra help be hired both in the 

 stores and on the delivery service. 

 Regardless of the inexperienced help 

 everything ran along smoothly. The 

 only accident known to have occurred 

 during the Easter rush in which a 

 florist was interested was that re- 

 sulting from the collision between 

 one of the automobile delivery 

 wagons of Z. D. Blackistone and a 

 bicycle boy. The injuries to the lad 

 were such as to make it necessary 

 that he receive hospital treatment. 



Benjamin Hammond, secretary of 

 the American Rose Society, has been 

 elected President of Pishkill Landing, 

 New York, by a vote of 435 to 378 for 

 his opponent. Mr. Hammond is a pub- 

 lic spirited citizen and a man of char- 

 acter and ability and will fill the office 

 with zeal and credit. 



SITUATIOWS WANTED 



SITUATION WANTED— As superintend- 

 ent or head gardener by. Englishman, 34 ; 

 married, one child. Abstainer and non- 

 smoker. Twenty years' e.xteusive experi- 

 ence: five years in this country: (>ver four 

 years In present place. At liberty April 

 1st. Well recommended. Address S. W. 

 S.. care HORTICULT URE. 



PERMANENT POSITION on private 

 place, by e.xrterienced gardener and green- 

 bouse man, American, age 4.5, strictly tem- 

 perate, married, one child. Can furnish 

 best of references as to character and abil- 

 ity. Address F. care HORTICULTURE. 

 UNDER MISC. 



SITUATION WANTED — By landscape 

 man : speaks French, Italian ; sober and 

 reliable; practical gardener, nurseryman 

 and florist, lifetime experience, wishes po- 

 sition. Full particulars. Address Home, 

 112 Washington St., Utica, N. Y. 



FOR SALE 



>- REENHOUSES. 



JIELROSE — Two iiiodprii greenhouses, 

 small .5-ruom house, -storage house 30x45 

 and about 6 acres of land: price only $4000. 

 F. A. NOYES, 714 Old South Bldg., Boston. 



FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new; 

 10x12, 16x18, 16x24. double thick. A 

 and B qualities. Market dropped. Now is 

 the time to buy and save money. Parshel- 

 sky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



SPRAYERS FOR SALE— One 12 h. p. 

 Oldsmobile, 450 gal. tank ; one 7 h. p. 

 Church, 450 gal. tank; One 3 h. p. Oldsmo- 

 bile, 200 gal. tank ; two gas sprayers, 100 

 gal tank; one 55 ft. and one 36 ft. exten- 

 sion ladder; 950 ft. of one inch hose; 9 

 sprav nozzles. Wm. F. Leary, 40 Pound 

 Lane, Chestnut HlII, Mass. Tel., 2886-1 

 Brookline. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



BUY OR LEASE, 10,000 to 20,000 feet of 

 glass. H., HORTICULTURE. 



PERSONAL. 



William F. Gale, for a long time city 

 forester of Springfield, Mass., notifies 

 us that after April 1. 1913, he will be 

 out of that position, for political reas- 

 ons. 



Bernard Eschner, president of M. 

 Rice Co., and his wife, sailed for Eu- 

 rope, Saturday, March 22nd, on the 

 steamer George Washington for an ex- 

 tensive purchasing trip. 



S. J. Rueter, of Westerly, R. I., who 

 suffered a severe shock at his home 

 on March 16. is reported as slightly 

 improved, although his condition is 

 still serious. He remained uncon- 

 scious until the 22nd, inst., when he 

 became partially conscious. Mr. Rue- 

 ter is one of the largest rose growers 

 in New England and a highly es- 

 teemed member of the craft. 



Edward J. Canning for the past 19 

 years Superintendent of grounds and 

 head of the Botanic Gardens at Smith 

 College has resigned his position in 

 order to devote his whole time to 

 landscape gardening. Besides his col- 

 lege work he has drawn plans for and 

 planted a great number of private 

 places, and the work has come to him 



ORDER'S 



Florist Specialties. 



New Brand. New Style. 

 Hose /RIVERTON" 



Furnished in lengths up 

 to 500 ft. without seam or 



The" HOSE for the FLORIST 



^-inch, per ft., 15 t. 

 Keel of 500 ft., " 1454c. 

 2 Ret Is, 1000 ft., " 14 c. 

 }4-inch, " 13 c. 



Reels, 500 ft., " laj^c. 

 Couplings fumish&d 



HENRr *. OREER. 



714 Chestnut St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



» 1000 READY PACK-h-O *^ivAiES 



STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND DULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price 

 per crate : 



2000 1% in. @ $6.00 500 1 in. @ $4.50 



1500 2 " " 4.8S 456 ly. " '• 5.24 



1500 214 " " 5.25 320 5 ' " " 4.51 



1500 214 •' " 6.00 210 51/, •' •' 3.78 



1000 3 " " 5.00 144 G " " 3.16 



SOO 3% " " 5.S0 120 7 " " 4.20 



60 S " " 3.00 



HILFINGER BROS., Pott»ry, Fort Edward, N.Y. 



August Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents 



OUB SPECIALTY-long nistance and »|ort Irale 



I— STANDARD FLOWER 



If your greenhouses are within 500 miles 

 of the Piipitol, write us, we can save 

 you munev. 



W- H. ERNEST 



"• 28th & M Sts. Wasliing:ton. D. C. 



Write for Catalogue. 



Tree Tubs and Brau 

 Hoop Jardinieres 



The extension stave foot 

 prevents the bottom from 

 rotting No chance for water 

 to collect and rot the floor. 

 The American Wooden- 

 ware Mfg. Co. 

 Toledo. Ohio. U. S. A. 



Syracuse Red Pots 



with new and Improved machinery, \f% 9mm 



supply your wants to better advantar* 



tbam ever. 



Bpeelal dlscoaots on larffe order*. 



Syracuse Pottery Co., ^"""^^.^^ 



THE FLORISTS' BAIL ASSOCIATION Of 

 AMERICA, insurer of 32,500,000 sq. It. o( gUn 



For particulars address 



John G. Esler, sk'i Saddle River, N.I. 



in such volume that he could no longer 

 take care of it while connected with 

 the college. At the present time he 

 has some fifteen private grounds, and 

 a public park in Easthampton to plant, 

 plans for which he drew two years 

 ago. Mr. Canning will continue to re- 

 side in Northampton, his office and 

 residence being 361 Prospect street. 



New York visitors: H. A. Naldrett, 

 representing Kelway & Son, Langport, 

 Eng. 



Boston visitors: Andrew Wilson, 

 Sonierville, N. J.; W. R. Cobb, of Lord 

 & Burnham Co., New York City; L. 

 Van Waveren, Hillegom, Holland. 



