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flORTI CULTURE 



March 9, 190T 



CALDWELL THE WOODSMAR, 



Introducer of the Wild Smilax. 



Wild Smilax. pS'jSe ' 



THE ONLY PLAGE WHERE YOU GAM ALWAYS GET IT. 



Long Needle Pines, $i .00 per dozen. Palm Crowns, $2.50 per dozen. Extra nice 1 

 long-stemmed Palm LeaveS, $2.50 per loo. MagnOlIa, ^2.50 per case, i6 cubic 

 feet. Sheet Moss, ^2.oo-per sack. Grey Moss, J2.00 per sack. GalaX, ^i.oo per looo. 

 Speed a Specialty. Write for Catalogue. 



Caldwell the Woodsman Decorating Co., Inc. 



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In our WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS' DEPARTMENT in addition 



to our regular wholesale EVERGREENS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED - 



8, I i and 1 5 Province St. 

 and 9 Chapman Place, 



Boston, Mass. 



See our Greens Advertisement on pase 271 . L. O. Tolaphono, Main 2B18. 



NEWS NOTES. 



W. C. King. Albany, N. Y., expects 

 to be in his new quarters at 24 Steuben 

 street on March 15. 



William C. Gloeckner has opened a 

 florist store at 97 State St., Albany, N. 

 Y. Thomas T. Tracy will be con- 

 nected with the business. 



.James A. Blaisdell has taken a 

 greenhouse in Pall River, Mass., and 

 will be ready for business shortly. 



The two hundredth anniversary of 

 the birth of Linnaeus is to be cele- 

 brated in Upsal, Sweden, next May. 



F. H. Kramer has offered a $50.00 

 cup to be bowled for by the visiting 

 and local florists at Washington on 

 March 15. 



The firm of Frank A, Main & Co.. 

 composed of Mr. Main and Charles H. 

 Barrett, Concord, N. H., dissolved on 

 February 27. 



A fire which might have proved dis- 

 astrous but for early detection oc- 

 curred in the store of H. Barton, West- 

 fleld, Mass., on February 24. The 

 slight loss was covered by insurance. 



iheir departure for Panama, in recog- 

 nition of the increases of salaries 

 lately granted the letter carriers of 

 New York and Brooklyn. The design 

 which was made by Foley of New 

 York was a magnificent "horn of 

 plenty" artistically decorated with 

 over five hundred American Beauty 

 roses, a thousand violets and many 

 other delicate flowers interwoven. The 

 design was over six feet in height. 



Gustave Drobish, the oldest florist in 

 the trade at Columbus, Ohio, has been 

 sued for $500 damages; it being 

 claimed that the smoke from the 

 chimneys of his greenhouses has 

 blackened the walls of the house and 

 polluted the cistern water, of one of 

 his neighboi-s. The craft here are 

 watching the outcome of this suit with 

 much interest. 



Prompt action saved the new green- 

 house of Leon E. Winn, Hudson 

 Bridge, N. H., from destruction by 

 fire last week. 



Among the most striking floral 

 pieces this year, was one recently 

 made for the Letter Carriers' Associa- 

 tion of New York and Brooklyn and 

 presented to members of Congi'ess on 



"How to Cultivate and Care for 

 Decorative Plants for Adornment of 

 Our City and Suburban Home" is the 

 title of a neat little pamphlet being 

 sent out by Alexander McConnell, 

 Winsor Arcade. 571 Fifth avenue, New 

 York. It supplies the information so 

 often sought by the purchasers of 

 house plants in a plain, concise form, 

 and is a good model for imitation by 

 retail flori.sts everywhere. 



TO BUY STOCK RIGHT— 

 Watch the Advertisements in HOR- 

 TICULTURE. You Don't Need to 

 Bother Looking Further. 



TRANSFER YOUR 



Orders For Easter Delivery 



Of Plants, Flowers or Design Work 



anywhere within 500 miles 

 of Kansas City, to 



SAMUEL MURRAY, 



Coates House 

 Conservatory 



1017 BROADW^AY, KANSAS CITY, MO. 



