June 6, IOCS 



HORTICULTURE. 



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fit of our labors in the past and are 

 coming to be recognized as distributers 

 of goods whicli are a necessity in life 

 as it is lived today. 



NEW RETAIL FLOWER STORES. 



Elmhurst Floral Co.. Oakland, Calif. 



Robert Zepnick, 147 Lincoln Ave., 

 Milwaukee, Wis. 



W. A. Summers. 1602 Pennsylvania 

 Ave., Baltimore, Md. 



F. T. Bwert, 6321 Cottage Grove 

 Ave., Chicago. 



J. B. Opitz, 6643 Cottage Grove 

 Ave., Chicago; H. A. Muir. manager. 



Young the Florist, Broad St.. Provi- 

 dence, R. I. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Roepke & Rieman have purchased 

 the Stratford place of the Smith & 

 Young- Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 



The plant of the Terre Haute Rose 

 & Carnation Co., Terre Haute, Ind., 

 has been leased by Alex. Millar, Jr. 



H. N. Wild has purchased the inter- 

 est of his brother Frank in the Wild 

 Bros. Nursery Co., Sarcoxie, Mo., and 

 will retain the present name of the 

 concern. 



A. E. Boyce, Wellsville, N. Y., has 

 disposed of his general stock to Mrs. 

 D. S. McEwen, who will continue the 

 business. Mr. Boyce will devote his 

 time to his new carnation. Clarihel 

 Worth. 



The Racine Floral Company has 

 purchased the Fidler & Adams green- 

 houses, Racine, Wis., and after clos- 

 ing out the stock on hand will make 

 ex'tensive improvements and inti-oduce 

 modern equipments. Mrs. E. Miller, 

 who has for several years had charge 

 of the decorations at Hotel Pfister, 

 Jlilwaukee, will be associated with the 

 company. 



The Denison (Texas) Civic Improve- 

 ment League has offered quite a list of 

 prizes to the school children for best 

 results obtained through the planting 

 of flower seeds distributed through the 

 public schools in the spring for plant- 

 ing in the home yards of Denison. 

 More than eight thousand packets of 

 seed were distributed by the League 

 this year and many home yards have 

 been greatly beautified through the 

 efforts of the children, who have also 

 gained the interest and assistance of 

 their elders. 



A. E. Graves has started in. the 

 market gardening business at Gard- 

 ner. Mass. 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufactured by 



W. J. COWEE, BERLIN, N. Y. 



lo.ooo $1.75; 50,000 $7.50. Sample free. 



For sale by dealers 



ROBERT J. DYSART, 



Public Jtccountant and Jiudltor 



simple methods of correct accoQDting 

 especially adapted for florists' ase. 



Books Balanced and Adjusted 



MerchanU Bank BaDdiDf 



>S STATE ST., BOSTON 



Tcbphonc, Mala ft . 





We manufacture 



Self Watering Flower Boxes 



for 



ows, Porches and Cemet 



si)Iendid for placing 011 



GRAVES 



Windows, Porches and Cemeteries 



si)Iendid for placing 011 



\\ ater reservoir needs refilling but once in 

 two weeks. Made of galvanized iron Rust 

 proof, leak irruuf, beautifvilly finisheii, and will last for many years. Made in all sizts. 



Send $2.00 for Sample Box 



37 in. long and see how quickly you can double your money and also increase the sale of your 

 plants. Illustrated booklet sent free on request 



Illinois Heater & Manufacturing; Co. 



3946 Wentworth Ave., Ch'cago, III. 



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., Rocliester, N. Y. 



PERSONAL. 



Visitor in Boston: W. E. Chappell, 

 Providence, R. I. 



O. C. Bassage of Rochester. N. Y., 

 has taken a position with Burr's Nur- 

 sery. Manchester Conn. 



.Tohn Shields, florist, of Dalton, Mass., 

 will sail from .Vew York on .July 1 for 

 a two months' trip abroad. 



PROMPT DELIVERY IN 

 BOSTON 



AND ALL NEW ENGLAND POINTS- 



HOUGHTON & CLARK 



396 Boylston St., Boston, IVIass. 



Wayland F. Chace, Middleboro. 

 Mass.. has taken a position with the 

 Oregon Nursery Co., Salem, Ore. 



.Alexander Coburn has been ap- 

 pointed head gardener at Queen Vic- 

 toria Niagara Falls Park, Canada. 



Simon Colitz, Woonsocket. R. I., of 

 the Rustic Flower Store, and Mrs. 

 Esther Caplan of Roxbury, Mass., are 

 to be married on June 11. 



R. G. Leavitt, for the past nine years 

 botanist at the Ames laboratory. North 

 Easton. Mass., has accepted a position 

 as professor of botany at the State 

 Normal School, Trenton, N. J. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The Beeville Nursery Co., Beeville. 

 Texas, has been recently organized. 



Leikens, the florist, has opened his 

 Bellevue branch at Newport, R. I., for 

 the season. 



I. H. Anderson will carry on busi- 

 ness at the Brookside Greenhouses, 

 Reading, Pa. 



Hatten & Bieberich have started in 

 business at the East End Green- 

 houses, Huntington. Ind. 



The Illinois Heater and Manufactur- 

 ing Company, who have been adver- 

 tising a very serviceable but low- 

 priced window box for plants, will 

 soon put on the- market a cemetery 

 vase of galvanized iron similar in 

 form to the glass vases which are 

 .so apt to get broken by the lawn mow- 

 ers. 



BOSTON'S BEST 



in Quality and Design 



Can be relied upon when you transfer your 

 retail orders to 



EDWARD MACMULKIN 



194 Boylston Street, Boston 



Send fio-wer 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. 



Floe Design Work a Specialty. 



Baskets Made to Order 



FOR FLORISTS 



I have the most skilled Tribe of Pottowattomie 



Indian basket makers in the «orld ready to make any 

 thing in the shape of florists" baskets at low prices. 

 Be Original — have your baskets made to order in 

 your own styles. 



E.H. HITCHCOCK, GLENWOOO, MICH. 



