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HORTICULTURL 



December 26, 1908 



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New Rose 



White Killarney 



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Come :ind see White Killarney growing at our Scarborough houses, and you will say at once, as every one 

 does who has seen it, it is — • , —» »■•• >. r% 



The Best White Rose 



they have ever seen. You need it if you want to be up to the times, and it will pay you better than any 

 other white rose that you can plant. You will regret it if you do not plant it this year, and you will not regret 

 it if you do. 



Big lots are being booked. Get your order in early. Send us order at once, while you think of it. Get 

 early stock. It will not cost you any more to order to-day, while you think of it, than it will two months from 

 now. Be the early bird that catches the worm. 



Strong young plants, 2 I 4 -inch pots, own-root, ready for delivery beginning February 15th, 

 1909. $30.00 per 100; 250 for $70 00; 500 for $125 00; 1000 for $250.00. Grafted plants, ready for 

 delivery beginning March 1st, 1909, $5 00 per 100 additional. 



MY MARYLAND 



This new rose, which was introduced last season in a limited way, has proved to be one of the best roses 

 ever introduced. Every one is enthusiastic in regard to its merits, and it will be planted very largely by the 

 largest, most progressive and most up-to-date growers, who have already placed large orders for it. 



It is a strong, healthy, and vigorous grower, producing long stems and long pointed buds, exquisitely fra- 

 grant. The color is a soft salmon-pink. This is a rose that we can recommend in the highest terms, as we are 

 sure it will prove very, very satisfactory. It is a welcome addition to our limited list of really first-class varieties 

 for indoor culture ; and it is not only a fine midwinter rose, but is also unusually good during the summer months. 

 Strong plants, 2}.; -inch pots own-roots, $1000 per 100, $90.00 per 1000. 

 Grafted plants, $20.00 per 100, $150.00 per 1,000. 



F. R. PIERSON, Tarsytown-on-Hudson, NEW YORK. 



PHILADELPHIA PERSONAL AND 

 BUSINESS NOTES. 



Mayor-elect Philip Breitrneyer of 

 Detroit has been a visitor here since 

 Saturday last, at the bi Aside of his 

 wife's father and mother, both of 

 whom are very ill. The trade have 

 ■i opportunity to extend congratu- 

 lations on the new dignities and hon- 

 ors which have been showered on one 

 so well beloved since his boyhood's 

 days in tb:s neighborhood. 



F. II. Ehresman, successor to Jno. 

 Lees at Bridge street, Frankford, has 

 greatly improved his retail store and 

 reports good business and excellent 

 prospects. 



William Didden. ML Moriah lane, is 

 a strong believer in the Formosa Eas- 

 ter lily. He has had good success with 

 it tlie past two years. 



August Muller, fern grower, 65th and 

 Elmwood avenue, grows Amerpohli to 

 a limited extent only, finding it not so 

 good, as a commercial variety, as the 

 old Boston and Scotti, especially 

 when large, as it tends to go bad in 

 the centre — beyond a certain size. 



James Griffin, Frankford. is chang- 

 ing his heating system from steam to 

 hot water. 



Fred Ehret, Broad and Fairmount 

 Ave., reports a largely increased busi- 

 ness on account of the doubling of his 

 store. Mr. Beattie, late of Graham's, 

 is in charge of the designing and 

 ating department. A Christmas 

 novelty here is boxed holly wreaths, 

 two in a box. These are boxed in the 

 growing districts and carry better all 

 through until they reach the home. 

 The extra cost is only about, one cent 

 each. 



The question is being asked: Where 

 can the "Revero" rubber hose be seen 

 in Philadelphia?" A demonstration of 

 the new method of making this uon- 

 kinkable hose would seem to be in 

 order. The Philadelphia branch of the 

 company should get in touch with the 

 Florists' Club. We never heard of 

 "Revero" until HORTICULTURE told 

 us this week. 



Samuel J. Irvine, late with Louis 

 Burk, is now occupying a responsible 

 position on the Wanamaker estate at 

 Jenkintown. 



Up along, and down along, a, id all 

 along the store and conservatory of 

 Pennock Bros., it is red, red, red! 

 Baskets big and little, poinsettias in 

 banks and waves! Cyclamens, azaleas 

 and ericas are in strong force also, 

 but we gasp in red until the back- 

 ground is reached. 



It is rumored that a syndicate of 

 Ranstead street wholesalers, headed 

 by Edward Reid. .1. Mclntyre and W. 

 E. McKissick, are negotiating with 

 Councilman W. C. Smith for the pur- 

 chase of the City Hall as a wholesale 

 flower market. 



Toledo, O. — There has been a re- 

 markable improvement in business and 

 all expect to have the Christmas of 

 their lives and are preparing for it. 

 The Patten Flower Store is lavishly 

 decorated with southern smilax, holly 

 and Christmas bells. The latter are 

 of a new type, consisting of a skeleton 

 of ohenille intertwined with holly. S. 

 N. Peek has his store filled with Be- 

 gonia Gloire de Lorraine and Neph- 

 rolepis Amerpohli, both of which are 

 at the height of popularity here. 



PERSONAL. 



Rudolph Fischer sailed on the Cam- 

 pania from New York on December 

 23 on a visit to Germany. 



Benjamin F. Lissauer of Hoboken. 

 X J., was stricken with heart trouble 

 in the street and carried to the hos- 

 pital on December 12. 



Mr. Philip Breitmeyer left Detroit 

 for Philadelphia Saturday evening, 

 owing to the serious illness of his 

 wife's mother, Mrs. Grass. 



Hugh L. Cameron, of North Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., sailed December 19 for 

 Scotland. Mr. Cameron goes to visit 

 his mother, who is 94 years old. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Walden, N. Y.— W. P. Kestlo will 

 add a nursery to his present florist 

 business. 



Phoenix, Ariz. — W. P. Gibson will 

 engage in the nursery business here 

 at an early date. 



Knoxville, Tenn. — The flower store 

 of Mrs. A. H. Daily was slightly dam- 

 aged by fire last week. 



Louisville, Ky. — Henry Lurding has 

 taken charge of St. Stephen's ceme- 

 tery and will at once repair and stock 

 the greenhouses. 



It is reported that Charles Thorley, 

 the florist, has leased the premises at 

 the northwest corner of Fifth avenue 

 and 46th street. New York. The prop- 

 erty comprises a four story and base- 

 lmiit dwelling house, with a frontage 

 feet on the avenue and a depth 

 00 feet. The lease is for a long 

 term. Mr. Thorley will extensively 

 remodel the premises and use the 

 ground floor for his business. 



