May 21, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



• Special Announcement • 





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The firm of FORD BROTHERS, 48 West 28th Street, 

 New York, Wholesale Commission Dealers in Cut 



Flowers, was dissolved by mutual consent^ May If J9J0; 

 William Ford retiring from the firm. 



The Florist Trade are hereby notified that I have taken 

 over the business and will continue it under the same methods 

 which gave the firm of Ford Bros, so high standing in the 

 estimation of the New York Trade. 



I have removed to 121 West 28th Street, a locality where 

 the leading Wholesalers are now locating^ and with best of 

 facilities ask for a continuance of past cordial business relations. 



121 West 28th Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



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& Co., showed these graceful plants in 

 perfection. Streptocarpus in variety 

 were also noted in several exhibits 

 employed as edging to groups of other 

 plants. 



The first prize in the class for 24 

 show auriculas fell to the veteran cul- 

 tivator J. Douglas of Edenside Nurs- 

 ery, who likewise secured a first class 

 certificate for the novelty Seamew, a 

 grey edged flower, and for the premier 

 Show Auricula George Lightbody, 

 green edged. F. M. 



mired by everybody. At the next 

 meeting, prizes will be for pteris, 

 adiantum and nephrolepis. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of this so- 

 ciety was held in Glen Cove, N. 

 Y.. Wednesday, May 11th, with a 

 large attendance. Messrs. Eccles, 

 Gaut and Johnston acted as judges 

 with the following decisions on 

 the monthly competition: Lettuce, 

 S. J. Trepess; gardenias, G. Wilson; 

 mushrooms, G. Wilson. Cultural cer- 

 tificates were awarded to S. J. Trepesa 

 for tomatoes ; J. Everett for a grand 

 box of mushrooms, H. McDonald for 

 cucumbers. Honorable mention to: H. 

 Matz, for sweet peas, a very promising 

 seedling; V. Cleres for canterbury 

 bells and lettuce; Paul Reul for vege- 

 tables; F. Pettroccia for beans; J. 

 Reidenbach for lettuce, citrus and 

 sweet peas; H. McDonald for antir- 

 rhinums; H. Flelshauer for Darwin 

 tulips and rhubarb. G. Wilson received 

 thanks of the society for deutzia and 

 asparagus, H. Matz for sweet peas, F. 

 Pettroccia for lettuce, and Paul Reul 

 for sweet peas. Last meeting a cul- 

 tural certificate was awarded to V. 

 Cleres for a grand vase of American 

 Beauty roses that were greatly ad- 



PEOPLE'S GARDEN ASSOCIATION. 



\\'ithin the past few weeks there has 

 been formed in Washington an asso- 

 ciation known as the People's Garden 

 Association, for the purpose of assist- 

 ing in making the city beautiful, and 

 is composed of the following officers: 

 David G. Fairchild, president; Mrs. S. 

 F. Emmons, chairman of the garden 

 council; Herbert Parsons, second vice- 

 president; Frank B. Noyes, third vice- 

 president; Miss Martha Phillips, fourth 

 vice-president; F. M. Estabrook, re- 

 cording secretary; Robert F. Miller, 

 treasurer. On May 6th the officers and 

 a score of members had a meeting, 

 when they were given suitable seeds 

 for roadside culture, garden utensils 

 and instructions as to where to plant, 

 etc., and' a number of roads have al- 

 ready been planted with them. The 

 new club is quite enthusiastic over 

 their new venture and it is hoped that 

 they may fully realize their expecta- 

 tions. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



At the last club meeting all the 

 members were very interested to be- 

 come acquainted with the secrets 

 which cause a Doyle boiler to produce 

 nothing but heat. No smoke, no soot, 

 no cinders and but very little ashes. 

 Previous reports by Messrs Doyle and 

 Plumb, who had seen practical dem- 

 onstrations in Chicago, seemed like a 

 dream, but tonight's explanations by 

 Dr. Price and Mr. Hummell, convinced 

 us that inventor Doyle has at last 

 solved the great problem of perfect 

 combustion. 



ORCHIDS 



for the 



Trade Only 



Alphonse Perical, 

 Orchid Specialist 

 and Importer, of- 

 fers h i s brother 

 orchid growers a 

 part of his recent importation from South 

 America — just arrived in splendid con- 

 dition — as follows: — 



Per Case 



Cattleya Trianae, - - $40.00 

 " Schroederae, $55.00 



These aie the best orchids for the 

 commercial florist. Order at once 

 as the surplus is limited. 

 Dendrobium Formosum : Fine lot 

 imported stock; 6 to lo bulbs each, 

 $i.co, $1.25 per clump. 

 Schroederae and Trianae, cases con- 

 tain about 400 bulbs each (more or less 

 according to size) 



Alphonse Pericat 



ORCHID SPECIALIST AND IMPORTER 



CoUingdale, PHIL A., PA. 



