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June 1, :907 



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Of Weddings or 

 Graduations 



on account of cold 

 weather.. 



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to sup|)ly j'our customers with up-to-date Baskets, Vases, and Fetchy Trimmings. 



Commencement Baskets 



We have the most beautiful, varied and extensive assortment of these Creations in America. They are irresistible. Prices 

 15 cents to $1.25 each. A money-making collection shipped for $10.00. Try it. 



INSCRIPTIONS, BOUQUET HOLDERS, ( REPE PAPEE, VASES, TONE WARE, FIBRE RIBBON, and all other 

 Seasonable Supplies. THE tiOth CENTURY PLANT STAND, Always Useful. Send for complete catalogue. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 1129 Arch St., Phila., Pa. 



The Florists Supply House of America. 



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Best Flowers at Best Prices 



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 paee 731. L. D. Tolaphona, Main 2Bia 



Boston, Mass. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Snow flakes tell on Boston Common 

 on the evening of May 28. 



been removed to be replaced by a new 

 stnicture. No damage was done to 

 the stock as it was in readiness to be 

 moved (he next day. 



The business of the Central Green- 

 houses, Sandusky, O., will be offered 

 for sale on account of the illness of 

 the proprietor, D. J. Mackey. 



H. P. Potter, Wilmington, Del., has 

 directed the work of beautifying the 

 grounds around the city hall with 

 plants, an innovation that is attract- 

 ing much attention. 



PERSONAL. 



Among recent visitors to New York 

 was Prank H. Houghton, of Houghton 

 & Clark, Boston. 



The Florists' Hail Association com- 

 pleted twenty years of existence on 

 June 1st, 1907. Every claim has been 

 paid and its financial standing is O. 

 K. In addition to a large emergency 

 fund the association has a reserve of 

 over $17,000. 



JOHN F. ESLER, Sec'y. 



Julius Roehrs Company have a new 

 rambler rose which is sure to make a 

 sensation when introduced. The 

 flowers are single, bright pink fading 

 to white "at the base of the petals, 

 fragrant, very persistent and borne 

 in enormous trusses. It appears to be 

 also a continuous bloomer for, simul- 

 taneous with the blooming, buds of 

 all sizes are in sight at the tips of 

 the new gi-owths. The foliage is very 

 glossy and the plant is hardy. It is 

 yet unnamed. 



Miss Zana Ariel Shaw, daughter of 

 J. Austin Shaw, and Mr. Percy Noel 

 of the New York Commercial staff, 

 were married on May 24. 



Charles Loechner of Yokohama Nur- 

 sery Company is again able to be at 

 his desk after a long confinement in 

 the New York German Hospital. 



OBITUARY. 



A. Schultheis and family will sail for 

 Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm der 

 Grosse on July 2. Mr. Schultheis 

 has entirely recovered from his severe 

 illness of last season. 



We learn from Arthur Cowee, the 

 gladiolus specialist of Berlin, N. Y., 

 that although the season is unusually 

 late he will undoubtedly conclude 

 planting his bulbs not more than a 

 week later than ordinary, and the 

 acreage will be practically the same as 

 last year. 



Dr. Joseph D. Mansfield, born March 

 22, 1817, died in Wakefield, Mass, May 

 22. He was one of the original mem- 

 bers of the Wakefield Horticultural 

 Society. 



The Grand Rapids Greenhouse Co., 

 contemplates repairs and improve- 

 ments of the Stover property at Glen- 

 ville, Mich., which they have pur- 

 chased and will enter into possession 

 of on July 1. The plant at Grand 

 Rapids will be increased by 100,000 

 feet of glass, and brought up to date 

 in every particular. 



The high wind on May 19 blewdown 

 the end of one of the largest green- 

 houses of J. H. Dunlop, Toronto, and 

 a portion of the house about 240 feet 

 collap.sed. Two adjoining houses had 



William O'Reilly, who has made the 

 Cousino Gardens at Loto, Chili, one 

 of the most interesting gardens in the 

 world, died at his home in Parque 

 Cousino on Jan. 7. He was of Irish 

 extraction and received training in 

 the Kew gardens. 



William M. Cottle of Waterbury, Ct., 

 aged 65, and little Arthur Gordon 

 Miellez, the 4-year old son of his fore- 

 man, Adolph Miellez, were struck and 

 instantly killed by a train while driv- 

 ing across the tracks at Brown's cross- 

 ing on the Waterlown branch of the 

 New Haven R. R. Mr. Cottle was a 

 prominent Mason and Odd Fellow and 

 has been in the florist business in 

 Waterbury for the past twelve years. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



J. Ahearn has been appointed gar- 

 dener for Henry Clews, Newport, R. 

 I., to succeed James Murray. 



William Austin, lately assistant to 

 Mr. James Boyd at "Beechwood," 

 Newport, has been appointed gardener 

 for Mr. Moffet at Islip, Long Island. 



John Roach, for some years gar- 

 dener for Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont at 

 ilempstead. Long Island, visited Ire- 

 land last year with the intention of 

 staying over there permanently, but 

 our latest information is that he has 

 returned to Hempstead and the em- 

 ployment of Mrs. Belmont. 



STILL IN BUSINESS. 



Our Montreal note in issue of May 

 18. stating that Mrs. Graves had re- 

 tired from business, proves to have 

 been unfounded. Mr. Graves died 

 some two months' ago, but his widow 

 is still conducting the business at their 

 greenhouses in Westmount. 



