May 21, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



793 



THE BEST LETTERS 



Boston Florist Letter Gi. 



66 PKARIi ST., BOSTON 



N. F. McCAitTHv, Mcr. 



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 4mml»r. Xumttt «a kariBc ihm 



BOSTON 



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 ia Stock 



NEW EUfGLANO 



FLOWER DELIVERIES 



Scsd flower orders for delivery ia Boston 

 and all New England pointMfr 



THOS. F. GALVIN 



124 . Tremont St., Boston 



I— MATTHEWS flS'^st^^ 



DAYTON, OHIO 



Is elegantly equipped to take care prop- 

 erly of all orders for flowers entrusted 

 to bim night or day 



For Dayton, Ohio and Vicinity. 



rTHE BOSTON- 



CUT FLOWER CO. 



Will fill orders for flowers, design work or plants 

 promptly as ordered to any address in Boston 

 and Ticintty, Usual Commission. 



14 Bromfleld Street, Boston. 



Telephone, Main 3681. 



TRANSFER 



Your orders for flower or plant deliv- 

 ery in Eastern New England to 



JULIUS A. ZINN 



1 Park St , Boston 



48 W. 29lh Street, New York City 

 Telephone No. 1757 Mad. Sq. 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



OALAX, bronie and green, fresh crop, 

 $1.00, 1000; 17.50, 10,000. LEUCOTHOK 

 SPRAYS, 7Bc, 100. GRBKN SHEBT 

 MOSS, $2.00 large Iwg. 



Jn ordering goods please add ' ' I saw 



it in HORTICULTURE." 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE 



Dana Hall, Walnut Hill and Rockridge Hall 



Schoou. TAILBY, Wellesley, Mass. 



Tel. Welleslgy 44-1 and 2. Nighl 44-3. 



el U CI II I LEADING FLORIST, 

 . A. ntlllL, TOLEDO, OHIO 



ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED 



Florists' Refrigerators 



Write us for catalogue and Prices, stating size you 

 require, and for what kind of cut flowers you wish 

 t* use the refrigerator; also state whether you 

 want it for display or only for storage. 



McCray Refrigerator Co., 



153 Lake Street, Kendallville, Ind. 



i\fefitr «* Horticuiturr when you 7vyttf 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 The Fern Situation. 



The tern situation should lead to 

 better results next year. According 

 to one of the largest dealers the boxes 

 of ferns are either of very good or 

 very bad quality, which leads to the 

 conclusion that the stock is either in 

 good condition when packed or in 

 poor shape. The price has advanced 

 now to $3.00 per 1000. This refers to 

 old ferns only. 



Chicago Orchid Growers. 

 The orchids used in Chicago have 

 mostly come from the eastern growers, 

 but as these flowers have steadily 

 grown in popularity here, their cul- 

 ture has been attempted by two or 

 three local growers with some degree 

 of success. The Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 has one house devoted to them and 

 will probably have another next year. 

 Geo. Relnbcrg was the first to make 

 the venture and Peter Reinberg and 

 .). C. Vaughan are growing a limited 

 quantity this year as an experiment. 



Personal and Trade Notes. 



A Lange is back in his store after a 

 short illness. 



F. C Morris, Hinsdale florist, is re- 

 covering from a severe illness. 



The J. A. Budlong Co. has finished 

 planting their ].=)0,000 carnations and 

 have their roses in. 



Some unusually fine specimen plants 

 of hydrangeas are making the win- 

 dows of the retailers very attractive. 



The opening of the new flower store 

 with Strati & Hahn as proprietors, was 

 necessarily postjioned on account of 

 the decorating till May 18. 



The friends of John Degnan were 

 .startled Monday by the death notice 

 of some one of like name in the morn- 

 ing papers. But Mr. Degnan is very 

 much alive. 



Samuelson is gathering in the peon- 

 ies for two large decorations in June. 

 He had a particularly beautiful win- 

 dow this week done with rhododen- 

 drons and hydrangeas. 



Wietor Bros, have finished planting 

 the first half of their carnations in 

 the field. They grow 250,000. Three 

 new houses are now nearing comple- 

 tion and are ready to plant. 



Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Bassett left for 

 Detroit, Wednesday, and after spend- 

 ing a few days there will leave for 

 New York and sail for Bremen on the 

 26th, on the Prince Frederick Wil- 

 helm. 



D. D. Johnson has received many 

 encouraging letters from those who 

 are giving the Evergreen fertilizers a 

 trial. Mr. Johnson has tested these 

 fertilizers at most of the Experiment 

 Stations. 



Much bedding stock is waiting for 

 suitable weather for planting and the 

 delay is likely to cause a rush at the 

 last. The opinion that there is likely 

 to be a shortage of this stock seems 

 quite general. 



While it looks now as if the supply 

 of flowers for Decoration Day would 

 be ample, a shortage may be felt when 

 the time arrives, in which case it is 

 predicted that the demand for bloom- 

 ing plants for bedding will be much 

 greater than usual. 



The large silver cup won by the 

 D. D. Joyce Alco at the Floral Auto 

 Parade, was on exhibition at Raske'3 

 flower store for several days. Mr. 



Raske decorated this machine which 

 won first prize in the class for natur- 

 al flowers. He used 5000 American 

 Beauties, the large vases on either siie 

 holding 500 long-stemmed Beauties. 



H. S. Morton, now with E. R. Mes- 

 erve, Los Angeles, Cal., will be home 

 in a few weeks, for a visit and expects 

 to take his mother back with him. 

 The Mortons are a family of florists, 

 the mother, Mrs. Eleanor Morton, be- 

 ing the first to start; Chas. E. Morton 

 and H. S. Morton, her sons, followed 

 and Mrs. Breaky and Mrs. Spencer, 

 her daughters, are also florists. 



Many favorable comments were 

 heard upon the simple and effective 

 decorations of the Auditorium stage at 

 the memorial meeting for King Ed- 

 ward VII, on Sunday. A row of palms 

 bordered the aisle on either side and 

 ropes of smilax were gracefully but 

 simply draped at the back of the stage 

 below the Stars and Stripes and the 

 Union Jack, which hung side by side. 

 Smilax also was hung from the front 

 of the flooring of the stage. There was 

 just enough decoration to befit the oc- 

 casion. 



Our manufacturers of flower pots are 

 having similar experiences of a seri- 

 ous nature. H. T. Klipfel scratched 

 his finger five weeks ago and the 

 wound was so slight he did not even 

 know when it occurred. A few days 

 later blood poisoning developed and 

 Mr. Klipfel was taken to the hospital 

 and his case was for some time con- 

 sidered a very serious one. G. Kellar, 

 of the Kellar Bros., injured the ends 

 of his fingers about the same time and 

 with much the same result. Both men 

 are now recovering after having lost 

 several weeks at a very busy time. 



Visitors — W. van Kleef, Boskoop, 

 Holland; W. F. Duntemann, Benson- 

 ville, 111.: A. Londenberg, Valparaiso, 

 Ind.: H. A. Fischer, Kalamazoo, Mich.; 

 E. Amerpohl. Janesville. Wis.; C. A. 

 Brazee, Los Angeles, Cal. 



"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH." 



Leading Retail Florists Listed by 



Towns for Ready Reference. 



Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl 

 St. 



Boston— Thos. P. Galvln, 124 Tremont St. 



Boston — Edward MacMulkln, 194 Boyl- 

 ston St. 



Boston — Hoffman, Florist, 59-61 Massa- 

 chusetts Ave. 



Boston — Julius A. Zlnn, 2 Beacon St. 



Boston — The i?oston Cut Flower Co., 14 

 Bromfleld St. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful- 

 ton St. and Greene Ave. 



Buffalo, N. Y —Palmer's, 304 Main St. 



Chicago- William J. Smyth, Michigan 

 Ave. and 31st St. 



Dayton, O. — Matthews, The Florist 



Denver, Colo.— Park Floral Co., 1706 

 Broadway. 



Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sons, 

 Miami and Gratiot Aves. 



Falmouth, Mass. — H. V. Lawrence. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 1071 

 Broadway, 



Kansas Cltv, Mo.— Wm. L. Rock Flower 

 Co., 1116 Walnut St. 



Tjoulsvllle, Ky.— Jacob Schulz, 550 Sooth 

 Fourth Ave. 



New York — David Clarke's Sons, 21S9- 

 2141 Broadway. 



New York— Alex. McConnell, 571 Fifth 



New York — Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28tli 

 St. 



New York— M. A. Howe, 1294 Broadway. 



New York- Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St. 

 and Madison Ave. 



Toledo, Ohio — George A. Helnl. 



Toronto, Can. — J. H. Dnnlop. 90 Toboc St. 



Washington, D. C— Gude Bro«., 1214 F 

 St. 



Wellesley, Mass.— Tallby. 



