March 28, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



419 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Myers Bros., Altoona, Pa., have 

 moved from 1110 1-2 Eleventh Avenue 

 to larger and better etniipped quarters 

 in the Christy building. 



Frank J. Clark, Trenton, N. J., has 

 given up his store at the Opera House 

 building and opened at 119 Broadway 

 on March 17. 



F. W. Heroman of Baton Rouge, La., 

 has admitted his son, Fred I., into 

 partnership, and the firm name hero- 

 after will be F. W. Heroman & Son. 



It is stated that James S. Wilson 

 will soon leave Western Springs, 111., 

 to start in business for himself at Des 

 Moines, la., where he has taken a 

 place and put his son in charge fOi* 

 the present. 



PROMPT DELIVERY IN 



BOSTON 



AND ALL NEW ENGLAND POINTS 



HOUGHTON & CLARK 



396 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. 



BOSTON'S BEST 



In Quality and Design 



Can be relied upon when you transfer your 

 retail orders to 



EDWARD MACMULKIN 



Boston 



194 Boyl6ton Street, 



Send flower orders for delivery In 



BOSTON 



and all 

 NEW ENGLAND POINTS 



THOS. F. CALVIN 



124 Tremont St.. Boston 



TRANSFER 



Your orders for flower or plant delivery in 

 Eastern New England to 



JULIUS A. ZINN, 



2 Beacon St., Boston. 

 Fine Design Work a Specialty. 



mm m m ^B Orders for flower 



yf ^k I Ig deliveries to Yale 



■ MLC College and all 



other Connecticut 



points carefully filled and delivered by 



J. N. CHAMPION & COMPANY 



1026 CH APEL STREET NEW HAV EN, CONN. 



ATLANTA FLORALM. 



^' It^'e^r' ATLANTA GEORGIA. 



HART'S HANDY HANDLE 



"At Easter-time, with a little chiffon decoration, and the Handle, we were 



able to increase the value of plants from 50% to 100%."— H. E.Wilson. 



Write for descriptive circular and prices 



GEO. B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N. Y. 



4 in I 



Spring Spindle File and Stenograpiier's 

 Note Book Holder. Makes no holes in paper, 

 papers can be removed without displacing 

 others; has no sharp point to tear the ilesh. 

 Holds note boolc firmly and at right height for 

 typewriter. Can bie used as hat holder, or as 

 support for book to read from Used by book- 

 keepers. 50,000 IN i-SE. Single file 55c post- 

 paid. See large ad. Weekly Board File, page 

 383, Horticulture. March 21. 

 A. F. LEWIS lYlFQ. CO., E.Boston.nass. 



PERSONAL. 

 Albert Greer is starting in the vege- 

 table growing business at Vancouver, 

 Wash. 



George Reid has taken a position at 

 Blantyre, R. W. Patterson's estate at 

 Lenox, Mass. 



Philip Breitmeyer and wife of De- 

 troit have returned from a two weeks' 

 trip to Florida. 



George M. Geraghty of New York 

 has taken a position as manager of 

 J. H. Dunlop's store at Toronto, Can. 



B. E. Vandtrvoort is starting in the 

 nursery business at Normal, 111., and 

 his packing sheds are already under- 

 way. 



Herman Dorner, of Lafayette, has 

 been appointed professor of floricul- 

 ture at the University of Illinois, 

 Champaign. Mr. Dorner is a gradu- 

 ate of Purdue University. 



Charles P. Price, who since .Inly, 

 1896, has been superintendent of the 

 Middlesex Fells reservation imdcr the 

 direction of the mttropolitan park 

 commission of Massachusetts, has ten- 

 dered his resignation, to talce effect 

 April 1, and it has been accepted. His 

 successor will be Albert N. Habberly. 



David Mcintosh, who has been gar- 

 dener on the Bell estate at Newport, 

 R. I., during the past twenty years has 

 moved to Tuxedo park, N. Y., to take 

 charge of an estate recently purchased 

 there by Mrs. C. M. Bell, in whose em- 

 ploy he has been at Newport. David 

 Mcintosh was for five years, and up to 

 his change of residence. secretaiT of 

 the Newport Horticultural Society. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The first sale of the fruit auction 

 Co., New York, will be held on Wed- 

 nesday, April 1, at 204 Franklin street, 

 and the sales will continue at the same 

 hour on following days until further 

 notice. 



It is stated that a large greenhouse 

 is soon to be built at Eastport, Me., 

 to meet the demand in that vicinity 

 for plants and flowers. 



We understand that the Plant Grow- 

 ers' Market will vacate their premises 

 at 43 W. 27th street, New York, on 

 May 1. 



BOSTON FLORIST LEHER CO.I 



Haniifacturersof FLORISTS' LETTERS I 



Thll wooden box nicely stained and 

 varnished, 18x30x13, made in two sec- 

 tions, one for each size letter, given 

 away with first order of 600 letters 



Block Letters, iH or 2 inch size per 100, $2. 



Script Letters, 3. Fastener with each Utter or 

 word. Used by leading florists everywhere smd 

 (or sale by all wholesale florisU and supply dealers 



N. f . McCARTMY, Manager 

 66 Pearl Street. BOSTON, MASS. 



Large Plants, 

 Bay and^ Box 

 trees. Palms, 

 H y drangeas, 

 Agaves, etc., 

 will soon need 

 repotting. 

 Use the Mis- 

 sion Plant 

 Box if you 

 want the most 

 durable and 

 approp r i a t e 

 box made. 

 Very reason- 

 able in price. 

 Made of pine 

 or cypress. 



Write for Prices. 



Wagner Park Conservatories 



SIDNEY, OHIO. 



Tlie"Japana"Cut Flower Holder 



Ahandy article for florists. 

 Sells to the trade on sight. 

 Made of glass in three sizes. 

 The "Anglais'* Table 

 Decoration, something 

 entirely new, long needed. 

 The florist and housewife 

 will appreciate this article, 

 as it simplifies the art of 

 table decorating. 

 Ask for catalog. 

 M. V. CARNSEY, Dept. M, 

 ISO Waiola Ave., La Grange. III. 



MiOTRiFTLfTTERS 

 AND EMBLEMS 



ONCE USED ALWAYS USED 



For sale by all firstclasssupply houses. Made by 



ORAL MFG. CO. 



26 Hawley St., Boston 



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