June 2ii, IfliiS 



HORTICULTURE 



821 



Do Not Miss It 



IT WILL NOT BE REPEATED 



An excellent opportunity afforded you. Take advantage of it. 



TUESDAY, JUNE 23, MOON 



We offer a fine collection of stock suitable to grow on, consisting of 



Ferns, Ficus, Asparagus, Palms, Cocos, Crotons, Chrysanthemums and Assorted Table Ferns 



W. ELLIOTT & SONS, '"ttioneers. 42 Vesey Street, New York 



wanger & Barry luriiished the chief 

 (iecoration with a group of beautifully 

 grown Japanese maples. They grow 

 these maples in boxes that will allow 

 shipping the plants at any season 

 without the least injury. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The annual meeting of the Society 

 of Iowa Florists will be held in Des 

 Moines in August. 



Since May 1, 1908, Secretary Esler, 



of the Florists' Hail Association, has 



adjusted an average of one loss per 

 day. 



The Twin City Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club is considering the ad- 

 visability of incorporating as a Minne- 

 sota state organization. 



President Traendly has appointed 

 Mr. \. E. Lambert, ot Atlanta. Ga., 

 as State Vice-President of the S. A. F. 

 for the State of Georgia. 



The next meeting of the Albany 

 Florists' Club (N. Y.) will be held 

 at Slingerlands with Fred Goldring 

 en the evening of July 2. 



About forty members of the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society spent 

 June 11 at the Arnold Arboretum aim 

 among the parks of Boston, making 

 the dav instructive as well as enjoya- 

 ble. 



A special rose night was observed 

 by the New Jersey Floricultural So- 

 ciety at their rooms in Orange, N. J., 

 upon the thirteenth instant when the 

 usual run of blooms of the queen of 

 flowers was displayed. In addition, 

 delphiniums, peonies and dianthus 

 were skillfully introduced, producing a 

 greater variety ot color. The honors 

 of the evening were bestowed upon a 

 specimen Cattleya gigas exhibited by 

 Joseph A. Manda which had ten 

 phenomenal blooms upon one stem 

 and which was suitably rewarded by 

 the society's first class certificate. 



.A. very fine plan of the cities of 



Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., show- 

 ing the present park system and con- 

 templated extensions has been express- 

 ly prepared and printed for the conven- 

 tion ot the American Society of Park 



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[A Philadelphia Opportunity] 



I Lease, Good Wilf, Fixtures i 



I and Decorating Properties = 



FOR SALE 



Old established business. Receiver will accept best immediate 

 offer to settle up the estate. Lease extends to January I, 1909. 



I For further particulars apply to DAVID RUST, Receiver. = 



WILLIAM GRAHAM CO, 



Florists... 



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104 South 13th St., PHILADELPHIA 



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Superintendents, by -Messrs. Theodore 

 Wirth and Fred. Nussbaumer, superin- 

 tendents of the parks of Minneapolis 

 and St. Paul respectively. In Min- 

 neapolis the present parks comprise 

 192G.e3 acres and there are under con- 

 sideration for extension 1150 acres. St. 

 Paul has now 1 101.51 acres and ex- 

 tensions pi-oposed amount to 140 acres. 

 These figures are exclusive of park- 

 ways and boulevards. 



NEP. WHITMANI 



2'4 In., $5.00 per 100 



NEP. WHITMANI 



3)4 In., $25.00 per 100 



BOSTON FERNS 



2'4 in., $3.00 per 100 



H. H. BARROWS & SON Wbitmafl, Mm. 



NEPHROLEPIS SCOTTN 



in the following sizes, extra good value 



2Sc., SOc, 7Sc.. and S' , , 

 Grand Specimen Plants at $3, $4, $S, $6. 



JOHN SCOTT 



Rutland Road and E. 45th St. 

 Tel. 3890 Bedford BROOKLYN, N.Y, 



ROSES 



Well rooted 3 in., ready for shipment — 



Uncle John, Chatenay, 

 Golden Gate, Ivory 

 Bridesmaid and Bride 



$4 00 per 100, $35.00 per 1000. 



Dracaena indivisa, 3°' [J'ff ^ 



)in $5.00 perl 00. Special price by the 1000. 



Hydrangea Otaksa, 



2% ni $2 50 per 100, $21.00 per 1000. 



Vinca variegaia, SS'^oior."'"- 



in $6.00 per 100, 4 m. $10.00 per 100. 



JOHN C. HATCHER 



AMSTERDAM, N. Y. 



\ tmsterdam and 



Stores 



' Schenectady 



Green- * Town of Florida 

 houses ' and Hoffmans 



Prices quoted in these columns are 

 Adveritsers Please Mention HORTI- 

 for Dealers Only. When writing to 

 CULTURE. 



