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HORTICULTURE 



July 4, 1908 



JhITCC^I* AVTircOa^ to ILLUSTRATE your CATALOGUERS and 

 Jj/XVVxKi*.\ lr *' JCS _: r ADVERTISBMBNT8S 



ir* OJVHJ or MORS COLORS 



i; Tile Plates We Furnish are for Use on a Type Press 



We would call your special attention to our MULTI-COLOR PLATES which are produced direct from the 

 copy which is in one color. Send stamp for circular " How to print our Multi-Color Plates." 



CATCHEL & MANNING 



Established 



DESICNERS 



Nos. 27 to 41 

 S. 6th Street, 



ILLUSTRATORS ENCRAVERS 



for all commercial purposes. 



PHILADELPHIA 



DURING RECESS. 



A ball game between the Niessen 

 and Burton 'employes will be one of 

 the exciting events of the national 

 holiday, July 4th. It will take place 

 ;n Alfred Burton's, Chestnut Hill. 

 Pa. 



On Sunday, June 28, A. .Mayer. Chi- 

 cago, entertained about thirty of A. L. 

 Randall £ Co.'s employes, members of 

 the firm included. Mr. Mayer fur- 

 nished refreshments and a good time 

 was enjoyed by all. 



The New York and New Jersey Plant 

 Growers' Association's picnic at Staten 

 Island on June 25 was attended by 

 about sixty of the leading growers 

 and they had a glorious time. Meals 

 were served at the Huguenot Hotel 

 and there was bowling for both ladies 

 and gentlemen, an auto ride to the 

 beach and other diversions. F. L. At- 

 kins officiated as toastmaster and 

 there were interesting speeches by 

 nearly all present. The fun lasted 

 until !i P. M. 



hundred members and their ladies and 

 children enjoyed themselves to the 

 fullest extent without a single unto- 

 ward incident. The base ball game 

 betwen the married and single men 

 was won by the latter with a score oi 

 five to one. Louis Schmutz. Jr., was 

 winner of the first baby prize, and 

 Mrs. Dupuy win first in the ladies' 

 bowling games. In the race for girls' 

 and boys' classes graduated according 

 to ages, the winners of first prizes were 

 Jeannette Marshall, Joe Sullivan, Ger- 

 trude Schneimel, Jos. Walter, Kate 

 Meisem, Donald Marshall, Ethel 

 Adams, Robt. Harnett, Louise Millang, 

 Phil. Walter, Freda Schenck, Ed. Man- 

 da, Annie Birnie, George Krekeler, 

 Lula Whitman. Mrs. Hornecker won 

 the married ladies' race, Mr. Phillips 

 the married men's race, Jos. A. Manda 

 the 150-yard race, Frank H. Traendly 

 the fat men's race. There were 

 seconds and thirds and "also rans" in 

 all of these contests, but time and 

 space do not permit a more extended 

 list. The men's bowling contest was 

 not completed. High score in five 

 frames was Fred W. Lentz with 106. 



The suspense is over at last and 

 among the dozen or more ambitious 

 bowlers who enterfed the contests to 

 win the coveted five free transporta- 

 tions to the Niagara Falls Convention 

 offered by President Traendly, Jos. S. 

 |\ niich is the only one who suc- 

 ceeded in qualifying with the stipu- 

 lated average score of 155 or more 

 in tin ol prad ice games. Mr. 



Fenrich's figure is L60 and next to 

 him comes Jos. A. Manda witli 1M 

 and 17-18ths, just one eighteenth of 

 a point shy. 



PICNICS IN PROSPECT. 



Florists'' Club, Columbus, O., Jul} 15, 

 at Buckeye Lake. 



Florists' Club, St. Louis, Mo., July 

 15. at Normandie Grove. 



Florists' Club, Chicago, July 1'... ;tt 

 Morton drove, 111. 



HORTICULTURAL ILLUSTRA- 

 TIONS. 



Philadelphia has long been famous 

 for the high quality of her horticul- 

 tural printing. Twenty-five years ago, 

 when the Burpee-Maule-Dreer cata- 

 logues struck a new stride in the 

 American seed trade, the men who 

 made the wood cuts and later the half 

 tones, also became world renowned; in 

 fact, wherever an up-to-date seedsman 

 was located in any part of the world 

 he looked to Philadelphia for good cuts 

 to embellish his catalogue. 



Among the earliest pioneers in half- 

 tone work in Philadelphia the firm of 

 Gatchell & Manning has been and is at 

 present the leader not only in half- 

 tone, etching, line-work, wash-drawing, 

 etc., but also in original designing and 

 color processes. In the latter connec- 

 tion they have just issued a little folder 

 "How to Do It," showing the latest im- 

 proved method of multi-color plate 

 making from an original photograph. 

 From these plates any printer can pro- 

 duce excellent color work, almost equal 

 to lithographed, on an ordinary print- 

 ing press. Every florist, nurseryman 

 or seedsman, whether he issues a cata- 

 logue or not, can use this new process 

 to elegant advantage and can acquaint 

 themselves with same by dropping a 

 postal to this company. 



NEW YORK FLORIST CLUB OUT- 

 ING. 



This pleasant annual event came off 

 on Wednesday, July 1, at Witzel's 

 Point View Grove, Long Island, and 

 was the largest ami best affair of its 

 kind in the history of the club. The 

 weather was perfect, the prograt 



il out in full, and the four 



HAVOC OF WIND AND HAIL. 



Charles Benson, Denver, Colo . 2,000 

 lights of glass. 



The Dayton Floral Co., Dayton, O.. 

 suffered considerable loss in a recent 

 storm. 



The Park Floral Co., Denver, Colo 



22, square feet of glass and 16, 



carnation plants; vain.', $6,000. 



The greenhouses of the Lamborn 

 Floral Co.. Alliance. O.. were badly 

 damaged by a storm on June 19. 



You will find something worth reading 

 on every page of HORTICULTURE. 



DREERS, 



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F A ii in. .65 7.15 55.00 



Florist Specialties. B ia\j£ " 75 8.25 65.00 

 KEYSTONE CEDAli C 1 .', 



PLANT TIBS, 



D m\ " 1. 00 11.00 9,0.06* 

 E 15 , " 1.25 13.75 110.00 

 F i6J4 " 1.50 16.50 130.00 

 Three Urgent sizes have 

 handles. 



Special PAIL TUBS. 



8 inches. .30 3.50 28.00 

 11 .30 3.50 2800 



Painted Green. 



HENRY A, DREER, 



714 Chestnut Street, 



I'i: 1 LA delphia. Pa 



ANGLO-AMERICAN MUSHROOM SPAWN, 



"Made Direct /rom Spore*" 



> ^ Sample Brick Mailed Free or we will advise you name of dealer near you handling our spawn. 



It will please you if you want the best. Write to-day. 



ANGLO-AMERICAN SPAWN COMPANY 



Kennett Square, Pa. 



