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HORTICULTURE, 



November 28, 1908 



An Exceptional 

 Opportunity for 

 Investment 



The first or ground floor issue of slock of 

 any enterprise is necessarily the most lib- 

 eral ; therefore, the best lo invest in. A 

 succesful GOING concern can ob- 

 tain all the money required at 6%. 

 A new concern must give more and if you 

 want to make more, you must go in 

 with a new company. 



This Company is a new company for 

 growing cut flowers and has the ear marks 

 of a bonanza right in your own business. 

 It is the best proposition in our business 

 in the country TODAY. 



There is just as much money in the 

 flower business as in any other and, on an 

 average, a great deal more, though we 

 generally try to make ourselves believe the 

 other fellow makes his money easier than 

 we do. 



Robert Miller, President and Manager of 

 the Company, has made a specialty of grow- 

 ing roses for the market for fifteen years and 

 is a graduate of the Waban Rose Conserva- 

 tories, Natick, Mass. 



The manager will be insured to the Com- 

 pany for the full amount of subscrip- 

 tions, making the investments absolutely 

 secure, and in case of death, 100% to the 

 good. 



The stock is $ I o.oo a share, its par value ; 

 it is preferred in principal as well as in divi- 

 dends. It is voting stock, and is partici- 

 pating and non-redeemable, and is the most 

 liberal stock on the market today. It is 

 secured in every possible way against risk 

 of loss. 



Bonuses of common stock are given with 

 the preferred according to the amount of 

 preferred purchased. 



The plant will be located in one of the 

 Richest Territories of This Country 

 where there is a Superabundance 

 of Sunshine, Cheap Fuel, Elegant 

 Soil, A Tremendous Demand for 

 Flowers, and Practically No Com- 

 petition. 



Do not let this opportunity go by, and do 

 not forget the FACT that the first is- 

 sue of stock is the one you must 

 get if you want more than savings 

 bank interest on your money. 



Ask for an interview with the President 

 and he will gladly call on you and explain 

 the proposition in detail. 



Send for circular and get in on the 

 ground floor. 



This is not a hole-in-the-ground propo- 

 sition where you can't see or possibly know 

 anything about it, except by taking the say- 

 so of some high finance juggler, but an all 

 above-ground and above-board proposition 

 that you are just as familiar with as any of 

 the directors and you could direct it your- 

 self without any serious trouble. 



This is an age of combination of effort 

 and we want your co operation. 



Agents wanted to sell stock on 

 commission and partner wanted to 

 take active ahare in the business. 



THE MILLER FLORAL CO. 



East Brookfield, Mass. 



News of the Clubs and Societies 



DETROIT FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A very profitable evening was the 

 last meeting of this club on November 

 IS. A fall show of local products 

 which would have been a credit to a 

 much larger body of men than we 

 represent added to the interest. Bas- 

 sett & Washburn favored us with a 

 display of their grand novelty, carna- 

 tion Orland P. Bassett. Elmer D. 

 Smith was here personally with an ex- 

 quisite collection of twenty-five varie- 

 ties of show blooms— of what, he did 

 not tell us. A veritable encyclopedia 

 on chrysanthemums this man Smith is. 

 He has now 4000 new seedlings, half 

 at them early and half medium and 

 late. He is also working on a strain 

 of chrysanthemums which will bloom 

 out-of-doors in August, but it will be 

 a couple of years yet before any of 

 them can be sent out. Would that not 

 help us in replacing the ever-failing 

 aster? 



Aug. Von I'.oeslager showed a very 

 strong blood red carnation novelty 

 named Clara. Thos. F. Brown took the 

 plum for local product; he exhibited 

 two vases of Timothy Eaton and Dr. 

 Enguehard, the like of which was not 

 even seen in Chicago. A great many 

 other exhibits in chrysanthemums, 

 loses, cyclamens, orchids, ferns, etc., 

 were fully worthy the admiration of a 

 larger public than the local club con- 

 tingent and it was regrettable that 

 neither prizes nor certificates of merit 

 were offered. 



During the regular meeting all en- 

 joyed a paper read by S. S. Skidelsici 

 entitled, "The Trend of the Times." 



The question box was empty, but 

 our guest, Elmer D. Smith, was sorely 

 tried and innumerable were the ques- 

 tions which he most cheerfully an- 

 swered for the benefit of all. 



FRANK DAXZER. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



For the exhibition to be held in con- 

 junction with our annual meeting at 

 Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 27 and 28, any 

 grower desiring to have their carna- 

 tion named in Class B of fifty blooms, 

 named varieties, $5.00 first, and $3.00 

 second prize, (varieties disseminated 

 prior to July 1st. 190S,) can have the 

 variety inserted in the Premium Last 

 by sending the name and guarantee- 

 ing the payment of the prizes to Al- 

 bert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa. It is the 

 aim of the Society to have this list 

 as extensive as possible without too 

 much expense to the Society and we 

 hope that introducers will have enough 

 pride in their introductions to see 

 that they are entered in this list. To 

 secure insertion, names must reach the 

 Secretary on or before Dec. 4th. 



Carnation Registered. 



By F. Dorn'er & Sons Co., LaFayette, 

 Ind: "Pink Delight" An even, clear, 

 waxy, shell pink with just a trace of 

 salmon which heightens and holds the 

 color under all conditions. 



ALBERT M. HERR, Sec. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OP 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees — Report on New 



Chrysanthemums. 



No. 20; Inc. Light pink. Exhibited 

 at Chicago, Nov. 7, 1908, by C. H. Tot- 

 ty, Madison, N. J. Scaled 86 points 

 commercial. 



Mrs. W. E. Kelley; Inc. Yellow. Ex- 

 hibited at Chicago, Nov. 7, 1908, by 

 Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, Mich. Scaled 

 87 points commercial. 



Sport from Dr. Enguehard; Jap. Inc. 

 Light pink. Exhibited at New York, 

 Nov. 17, 1908, by John J. Keanl, Jer- 

 sey City, N. J. Scaled 74 points com- 

 mercial. 



Canadian Seedling No. 20; Jap. Inc. 

 Light pink. Exhibited at New York, 

 Nov. 17, 190S, by C. H. Totty, Madi- 

 son, N. J. Scaled 85 points commercial. 



The variety No. 58-2 exhibited by , 

 E. D. Smith in Philadelphia and Cin- 

 cinnatti, Oct. 24, which scored 88 points 

 commercial and 90 points exhibition, 

 is the variety which has been named 

 President W. H. Taft. 



DAVID FRASER, Secy. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting of this so- 

 ciety November 20, the lecturer of the 

 evening failing to appear the question 

 box was turned to for discussion. One 

 question brought up the subject of 

 natural rotation of trees and plants in 

 forest lands. Many interesting prob- 

 lems were brought out as to what the 

 plants that appear after fires and lum- 

 bering operations spring from, seed 

 or roots. For instance, a crop of wild 

 strawberries immediately after cut- 

 ting off pine forests; or blackberries 

 after a woods' fire. 



R. A. MITCHELL. 



PRACTICAL RESULTS FOR THE 

 S. A. F. 



At the National Flower Show, the 

 membership of the S. A. F. was in- 

 creased by forty-seven annual mem- 

 bers and one life member. This is a 

 very good showing in comparison with 

 the convention at Niagara Falls where 

 the accessions to the annual member- 

 ship were sixty-three and the life 

 lers three. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The' Pasadena (Calif.) Gardeners' 

 Association, at a special meeting on 

 Oct. 30, put themselves on record as 

 opposed to the present plan of the 

 Commissioners of planting and 

 taring for street trees. 



The annual convention of fruit grow- 

 ers, truckers and gardeners will be 



Id in the State House, Indianapolis, 

 Ind., Dec. 2, 3. $300 in premiums are 

 offered for exhibits. For entry cards, 

 premium list etc., address to B. Flick, 

 Room 31, State House. 



At the Albany Apple Fair held at 



