May 21, 1910 



HORTI CU LT U RE. 



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For Decoration Day 



We have this year the most complete, elegant and salable stock of florists' 

 goods ever offered for the MEMORIAL DAY trade. Our line of PRE- 

 SERVED FOLIAGE and other INDESTRUCTIBLE DECORATIVE 

 MATERIAL cannot be excelled and the name of BAYERSDORFER & CO., 

 on the package guarantees that goods and prices are what every florist wants. 



LA5T CALL 



Fresh flowers will be Very Scarce this time. SEND NOW for list of 

 Standard and New Goods for this important occasion. All you have to do is 

 to show the goods. THEY'LL SELL. Wreaths of Cycas, Magnolia, Fern and 

 other foliage in Green, Autumn Tints and Moss effects are among the novelties. 



METALLIC WREATHS are our specialty ; we make them up with Roses, 

 Pansies, Forget-me-nots or anything you please. STANDING ANCHORS, 

 PILLOWS, WREATHS, ETC., all graceful and true to nature. Cape Flowers ; 

 Immortelles, all colors ; Doves ; Sheaves. 



H. BAYERSDORFER (& CO. 



The Florists' Supply House of America 



1129 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



I Boston Flowers for Memorial Day| 



We can ship in good order to all points in New England and New York State, all regular J 



lines of Flowers in full supply, besides 



PEONIES and SOUTHERN GARDENIAS AS SPECIALTIES 



Also GREENS and other Requisites 



Last year the weather was unprecedentediy hot and successful shipping was accomplished 

 with difficulty. This year our roses will be packed in ice instead of standing in jars of water 

 until shipping, and we hope to have them arrive at destination in first class unopened condition. 



Sent/ for Price List. 



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j N. F. McCarthy & Co., 



Tel. 5973 

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He was for many years gardener for 

 the late Gordon McKay. 



M. Matheron, caroation grower for 

 the Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. 

 Y.. has severed his connection with 

 that concern and is building a green- 

 house plant for himself at Baldwin. 

 L. I. 



Frank Jenkins recently resigned his 

 position as gardener for Col. Payne 

 at Thomasville, Ga., and is now in 

 charge at "The Breakers," the estate 

 of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, New- 

 port, R. I. 



Harry A. Barnard, representing 

 Stuart Low & Co., arrived at New 

 York Friday, the 13th inst., on the 

 Lusitania. He will be an interested 

 and interesting visitor at the Boston 

 Orchid Show next week. 



Mr. R. Vincent, Jr., who has been 

 visiting the European exhibitions and 

 has contributed some interesting notes 



thereon for HORTICULTURE, writes 

 that after a few days in London, he 

 will sail for New York, where he ex- 

 pects to arrive next Sunday, 22d inst. 



Charles Maynard, formerly at North 

 Easton, and employed on several pri- 

 vate estates of note in this country, 

 and previously with Sander, St. Al- 

 bans, as orchid raiser, is now repre- 

 senting Julius Roehrs Co. on the road. 

 He will be present at the Boston show 

 prepared to talk orchids to prospective 

 buyers. 



Visitors in Boston — Lawrence Cotter, 

 Jamestown, N. Y.; E. O. Orpet, South 

 Lancaster, Mass.; E. J. Harmon, Port- 

 land, Me. 



Visitors in New York— H. A. Bar- 

 nard, representing Stuart Low & Co., 

 London, Eng. ; P. Welch, Boston, 

 Mass.; J. T. Butterworth, South Fram- 

 ingham, Mass.; C. H. Vick, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



The statement that "the Frankfort 

 palm and botanical garden is one of 

 the most celebrated in the world" is 

 made in a published description for- 

 warded by Consul-General Richard 

 Guenther. Furthermore, "contrary to 

 most gardens of this kind it is man- 

 aged upon a strictly commercial basis 

 by a stock company, which explains 

 the presence of devices for pleasure 

 and sport." 



Those Desiring Wreaths 



For Memorial Day. We can supply them if order is 

 placed DOW. Price and sizes of same given on applica- 

 tion. Made of Laurel or Lycopoclium. Best Fancy 

 Ferns to be had $1.50 per M for Memorial Day. 

 Write for price on any kind of NATIVE DECORA- 

 TIVE MATERIAL, ETC. 



H. J. Smith, Hinsdale, Mass. 



