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horticulture: 



May 25, 1907 



NOW FOR MEMORIAL DAY 



We are all ready with the biggest and most desirable stock ever offered in this country. 



Immortelle and Gycas Wreaths, Metal and Porcelaine Designs, Inscriptions, Letters, 



Emblems, Bouquet Holders, Doves, Cape Flowers, Sheaves, Fibre Ribbon, 



Waterproof Crepe Paper, Vases, Tone Ware, Tin Foil, Wire Frames, Etc. 



All the above and many others. Just what you want. Order early and let people see you have them. Catalogue 



for the asking 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Florists' Supplj' House of America 



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FOR MEMORIAL DAY 



BEAUTY, RICHMOND and All Other 

 ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY, 

 STOCK, PEAS, AND ALL OTHER 

 CHOICE FLOWERS. 



In our WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS' DEPARTMENT in addition 



to our regular wholesale EVERGREENS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 

 CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 



8, II and 15 Province St 

 and 9 Chapman Place, 



See our Greens Advertisement on pase 699. L. D. Tmlaphonu, Main 2Bia. 



Boston, Mass. 



BALTIMORE NOTES. 



A hail storm visited parts of Balti- 

 more on the 19th inst. Tlie suburb of 

 Brool^lyn appears to liave been the 

 most severe sufferer. Among those re- 

 ported to have been badly hit were 

 Lehr Bros., with 125 boxes of glass 

 broken, also Martin Duckstein and 

 John Rider, with no details. It is un- 

 derstood that neither of those men- 

 tioned carried any insurance. The 

 neighborhood of Rider and Ruxton was 

 was also touched slightly. 



William Fraser. proprietor of the 

 Ruxton Floral Nursery Co., is threat- 

 ened with a break up of his snug little 

 twenty acre property on account of 

 railroad extension. That a good round 

 sum to make up for the disruption will 

 be forthcoming is some consolation. 



John Cook has a new shell-pink, 

 ever-blooming rose as yet unnamed, 

 which he considers has more good 

 points from the florists' standpoint 

 than anything he has yet raised. Ma- 

 donna still remains his favorite as the 

 loveliest of all white roses. 



Isaac H. Moss is greatly pleased with 

 the rai.ge of connecting houses built 

 for him last year by the Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co. He finds it easy to control 

 the temperature for different sections 

 without the aid of partitions by merely 

 cutting out the heat where not wanted. 



Fred C. Bauer has produced some re- 

 markable seedlings of Lilium longi- 

 florum which show great size and 

 vigor. He is also an enthusiast in 

 crossing and selecting the fuchsia 

 which he grows quite extensively. 



One of the interesting new places is 

 that of George M. Cook at Arlington. 

 The span at present consists of five 

 modern houses and will be extended in 

 the near future. Mr. Cook is a son of 

 the late Anthony Cook. Anthony and 

 his father before him were landmarks 

 in Baltimore horticulture. This race 



of Cooks is not related to the other 

 celebrated Baltimorean of the same 

 name. 



The Clark establishment on Park 

 Heights avenue has been purchased by 

 Carroll B. Hoffman, who is running it 

 in connection with his old place which 

 adjoins. 



Chas. L. Seybold is now located at 

 Carroll Park as superintendent, and a 

 vast improvement is already notice- 

 able during the short period of his in- 

 cumbency. This park was originally 

 designed and laid out by Mr. Seybold, 

 some 14 years ago. 



Edwin A. Seidewitz has a fine new 

 retail store at 323 North Charles street, 

 also an extensive new range of glass, 

 built last year at Arlington. 



Mr. Lehr, senior, father of William 

 and Henry Lehr of Brooklyn, is still 

 hale and hearty, although in his 83rd 

 year. 



Considerable damage resulted to 

 early shrubbery and herbaceous plants 

 in this vicinity from the late spring 

 frosts — particularly to lilacs and 

 peonies. 



Samuel S. Pennock, Philadelphia, and 

 other visitors were treated to a ride in 

 William Feast's new auto, on the 22nd 

 inst., making a circle of trade visits 

 in record time and unexampled ele- 

 gance. G. C. W. 



NEWS NOTES. 



G. V. Nash of the N. Y. Botanical 

 Garden gave a lecture on Water Lilies 

 and Aquatic Plants at the Bronx Park 

 Museum on Saturday, 18th inst. 



In a hailstorm which visited Pine 

 Bluff, Ark., on May 6, vegetation suf- 

 fered severely. The greenhouses of . 

 Mrs C. A. Starr had much glass 

 broken. 



The Illinois State Fair will be held 

 at Springfield, 111., September 27 to 

 October 1. Prize schedules may be 

 obtained from R. O'Dwyer, 110 So. 

 Desplaines St., Chicago. 



Allen M. Good of Waynesboro, Pa., 

 claims to have perfected an inexpen- 

 sive mixture which has proved supe- 

 rior to the lime, sulphur and salt wash 

 to destroy the San Jose scale. 



The Board of IT. S. Appraisers at the 

 port of New York have advanced the 

 valuation of 240 Dendrobium Wardia- 

 num from Sander & Sons, London, 

 from 12 pounds to 111 pounds 10 

 shillings: add cases. 



SEND COPY EARLY. 

 Memorial Day comes this year on 

 Thursday, HORTICULTURE'S regu- 

 lar publication day. On this account 

 we shall go to press on Wednesday 

 and copy for reading columns or ad- 

 vertising must reach us Tuesday, or 

 not later than Wednesday morning to 

 insure insertion. 



At the Spaulding estate at Pride's 

 Crossing, Mass., worlv is progiessing on 

 a formal garden of ten acres' extent 

 which, when completed, will form one 

 of tlie most notable horticultural fea- 

 tures of the North Shore. 



The item regarding a fire in the 

 greenhouse of G. W. & W. A. Temple, 

 in our last week's issue, should have 

 stated that the fire was in the green- 

 house of W. A. Temple, Hopkinton, 

 Mass., and there was no insurance. 



John Stinson has been appointed 

 highway commissioner of Norwood, 

 Pa. 



TO CATALOG MAKERS. 

 We are able to quote a low price 

 on the majority of the electros of the 

 illustrations in HORTICULTURE. 



