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Marck 7, 190S 



A WELL-MADE WREATH. 



Tlir wic-itii fnriii is ilcservedly tlie 

 most generally preferred among the 

 great variety of so-called "designs" 

 which florists are called upon to pro- 

 vide for funeral use. Unlike many of 

 the other emblematic devices which 

 find more or less favor the wreath 

 affords latitude for the display of un- 

 limited taste and skill in color effect 

 and floral combinations and is. in tfte 

 hands of the artist, very much more 

 than a wire frame with various short 

 stemmed flowers stuck into it. Its 

 sentiment is touching and appropriate 

 and whatever prejudice may exist 



iirninm cultivated people against the 

 type of "funeral design" as often seen 

 can, at least, be waived when the de- 

 sign in question is a well-made wreath. 

 The example shown in the accompany- 

 ing illustration, the design adopted by 

 the Kentucky Society of Florists and 

 made by Jacob Schulz, is in excellent 

 taste and is pug.ire.'stive of a .great 

 variety of graceful combinations 

 whereby the choicest flowers may be 

 made to serve the purposes of a 

 funeral tribute without mutilation or 

 doing violence to their natural grace- 

 fulness. 



NEWS NOTES. 



J. A. Kepner, florist. Harrisburg, Pa., 

 will remove to 1110 East Market St. 



C. P. Brunner is in charge of the cut 

 flower department at Roth & Living- 

 ston's drug store, Springfield, O. 



Elder & Carhart is the name of a 

 new firm of flower growers at Mineral 

 Ridge, O., located at Cherryhurst 

 farm. 



George E. Valker has left Minne- 

 apolis for Minot, N. D., where he and 

 Ernest Eakman will open a flower 

 store. 



The employes of J. A. Budlong Co., 

 Providence, R. 1., presented a purse of 

 $100 to the family of Henry Hobday, 

 whose life was so suddenly taken re- 

 cently. 



W. H. Sabin is in charge of the 

 northwestei-n branch of the Phoenix 

 Nursery Co.. at Fargo, N. D., and S. 

 D. Weymouth of the eastern branch at 

 Waterville, Me. 



About thirty of the Indianapolis 

 florists made the trip to Richmond last 

 Wednesday and were well repaid for 

 their time. 



George M. Dideman and Joshua Hor- 

 ner, Jr., have been appointed receivers 

 for The Fernery, Baltimore, Md. ; lia- 

 bilities. $3,300. 



George C. Hartung's greenhouse near 

 Chicago will be known as the Kensing- 

 ton Greenhouses. Large consignments 

 of geraniums are being shipped, and 

 the prospects for spring trade are re- 

 ported good. 



Messrs. Knight & Struck have been 

 given the option for the next six 

 months on the sale in America of Cy- 

 prineilium Gay Gordon (C. Thompsonii 

 X Lady Wimborne), never before of- 

 fered in this country. This is a won- 

 derfully beautiful flower. The stock 

 is thus' far limited to fifteen plants. 



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PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



On the f.ick list this week are Arthur 

 Niessen of the Leo Niessen Co., and 

 J. D. Eisele of Dreer's. These active 

 and hustling spirits no doubt make 

 ideally patient (?) patients. 



Visitors this week were: N. B. 

 Keenev of N. B. Keeney & Sons. Le- 

 Roy, N. Y.: W. A. Manda. South 

 Orange. N. J., ;ind Mr. Smith of Smith 

 & Fetters, Cleveland, O. 



Josepn Callahan, lately with Pen- 

 nock firos., now runs the old Charles 

 I. Kent place at 3804 Market street. 

 Among his assistants are Mr. East- 

 well, late of the Bellevue-Stratford 

 Flower Shop. 



Jno. E. Andre of Doylestowu, who 

 has made a record for himself on 

 Brides and Bridesmaids in the Phila- 

 delphia market the past ten years, 

 thinks My Maryland one of the best 

 propositions among the ne.wer rose 

 claimants. Jno. H. Dodds and Samuel 

 Batchelor are also favorably impressed 

 with My Maryland. These gentlemen 

 are famous prize-takers at the Phila- 

 delphia shows, and both of them will 

 gi-ow the new rose the coming sea.son. 



