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horticulture; 



February 8, 190S 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Mrs. William I. Baker, who has re 

 cently passed ihrouEch a serious opera- 

 tion at the Hahneman Hospital, was 

 reported on the :^rfl inst. as progressing 

 favorahlv, and her family are in goo;i 

 hopes of haviuK her home again in a 

 week or two. 



Liddon Pennock of Pennock Bros.. 

 has been laid up for over a week 

 threatened with typhoid. The case is 

 a grave one. apparently, but the physi- 

 cians have not yet been able to dia.g- 

 nose same. 



Clarence J. Watson, head ot the 

 Niessen forces, has been down for over 

 a week with the grippe. 



Edwin .1. Fancoiirt of the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co. has also been a victim. We 

 hear of others but fear this report may 

 look more like a hospital than a horti- 

 cultural symposium if we tell all we 

 know,- so we leave the rest of them 

 with our best wishes for speedy re- 

 covery. 



William P. Craig is home from the 

 convention feeling proud of himself 

 and receiving congratulations on being 

 the only one thoughtful and coura- 

 geous enou.gh to supply the President's 

 omission of a carnation in his button- 

 hole on McKinley day. The President 

 thanked Mr. Crai,g very cordially. 



James Krewson of Cheltenham is 

 making an active canvas for county 

 commissioner of Montgomery county, 

 this state, and seems in a fair way to 

 land the prize. He has the cordial sup- 

 port of Senator Roberts and the best 

 element ai his district. 



Wedding bells will ring shortly for 

 Miss Eli'/abeth Dimes of Altoona and 

 A. E. Wohlert of Merlon. Mr. Wohlert 

 is a men>ber of the Philadelphia Flo- 

 rists' Cliib and one of the most popu- 

 lar and successful landscape gardeners 

 and contractors in this vicinity. 



Edwin Lonsdale claims to have been 

 the first to grow carnation .plants for 

 stock under glass during tie summer 

 months. He states that it was largely 

 accidental and took place during the 

 Grace Battles' period, sc'me seventeen 

 years ago. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Niles Nelson, .Ir., Portland. Me., ha.s 

 been admitted into partnership with 

 his father in the florist business. 



The Greek-American Retail Florists' 

 and Growers' Association, ' New York, 

 has leased rooms at 118 Lexington Ave. 



Silas D. Weymouth is to have charge 

 of the eastern agency of the Phoenix 

 Nursery Co. to be established at Water- 

 ville. Me. 



W. F. Gale has been reappointed City 

 Forester of Springfield, Mass., and the 

 appointment has been confirmed by the 

 Board of .■Mdermen. 



The florists of Dighton, Mass., have 

 held several sessions recently to 8x n 

 uniform price on potted and box plants 

 for the coming season. 



George M. Roak, florist, of Auburn, 

 made a fine exhibit of potted plants 

 and flowers at the Food Fair at Lewis- 

 ton, Me., held last week. 



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Oreen, $1.00 r" 1000 ; $7 50 per 10.000. 

 Bronze, $1.00 per 1000: $7.50 per 10,000. 



Finest quality, $17 SO per Cwt. 

 LAUREL, MOSS, PRINCESS PINE, FESTOONI^a. 



84 HAWLEY ST., BOSTON 



N. F. McCarthy & co. s./st'^^rrr^.^. 



Largest Dealers in Florists' Supplies In New England 



EXTRA FINE BOXWOOD $ I r.SO.- CWT. 



FANCY FERNS, A No. I Quality. $1.50 per 1000 

 CREEN CALAX $1 per 1000, $7.50 per 10,000 

 BRILLIANT BRONZE $1 per 1000. $8.50 per 10,000 



Headquarters for HARDY FERNS, MOSS, LAUREL, 

 PRINCESS PINE, FESTOONING, Etc. %^„°e"rAd* 



15 Province St., and 

 9 Chapman PI., BOSTON 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 1[Vp^\1 



filed a.gaii:st L. 1. Neff. florist. Pitts- 

 burg. Pa. The claims of Ihe three jjc- 

 titionin.i; creditors amount to $4.1iiii 



Construction work in the parks '.i 

 iladison. Wis., will be active this ye.iv. 

 Two marine dredges are now enga.geii 

 in park projects, this being the fourth 

 year of wcn-k by this means. 



The Carolina Floral Co., Chariest or 

 S. C, is remodelling its store and in- 

 troducing many improvements whic'r 

 will make it one of the handsomest 

 jdaccs of the kind in that section, 



.1. "A. Newshani. New Orleans. L,.\., 

 has disposed of a part of his stock and 

 houses to Knoblock & Buechner, who 

 will carry on the business. Mr. News- 

 ham will give his entire time to the 

 Magnolia Nurseries. 



In our account of the exhibition of 

 ihe Masachusetts Horticultural Society 

 at Boston on .January 2.5 we failed to 

 mention the very large and handsome 

 Ijorraine begonias staged by William 

 Downs, of Chestnut Hill, Mass. 



Curbstone vendors of violets have 

 been ordered to keep off Chestnut 

 street. Philadelphia. Quite a number 

 of them, mostly Greeks, have been ar- 

 rested and fined $5.00 each for persist- 

 ing in disobedience of this edict. 



A petition :n bankruptcy has been 



On the ground that a trespass had 

 been committed a jury in the Supreme 

 Court Circuit, late yesterday afternoon 

 awarded damages amounting to $1,700 

 to William A. Manda in a suit against 

 the city of Orange and Ludwig Batt. 

 The jury deliberated five hours, and. 

 it is said, was a unit in the conclusion 

 that the allegations had been proved, 

 but took twelve ballots to determine 

 the financial award. — Newark, N. .T.. 

 News. Feb. 4. 



E. A. BEAVEN 



Southern Wild Smilax, 



Log Mosses, 



Natural and Perpetuated — at Wholesale, 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



BOSTON FLORIST LEHER CO. 



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Thli -wooden box nicely itained and 

 ▼aralehed, 18x30x12, made in t-wo nec- 

 tions» one for each Bize letter* given 

 away with flret order of 600 letters 



Block Letters, i}^ ot 7 inch size per 100, $2. 



Script Letters, 3. Fastener with each letter or 

 word. Used by leading florists everywhere and 

 for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers 



N. F. McCARTnV, Manager 

 *6 Pearl Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



Tlie"Japana"GutFlowerHolder 



A handy article for florists. 

 Sells to the trade on sight. 

 Made of jlassir three sizes. 

 The "Anglais" Table 

 Decoration , something 

 entirely new, lorg needed. 

 The florist and housewife 

 will appreciate this article, 

 as it simplifies the art of 

 table decorating. 

 Ask for catalog. 

 Nl. V. CARNSEY, Dept. F, 

 ISO Waiola Ave., La Cranee, III. 



ORAL SCRIPT LETTERS 

 AND EMBLEMS 



ONCE USED ALWAYS USED 



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ORAL MFC. CO. 



26 Hawley St., Boston 



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