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horticulture: 



June 4, 1910 



WHOI^SAIiE FXOBISTS— 



Continned 



Cimoiiinati, Ohio 



The J M. McCuUough's Sons Co., Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. 

 Por p age see List ot Advertlgere. 



OromtrtU, Conn. 



A N Plerson, Cromwell, Conn, 

 por page see List of Advertisers. 



Detroit 



Michigan Cut Flower Eichauge, 38 and 40 



Broadway, Detroit, Mich. 



j>or p age see List of Advertisers. 



MlaneapoUa 



"Bice Bros., 115 N. 6tb St., Minneapolis, 



Minn. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



Hew Tork 



M C. Ford, 121 W. 28th St., New York. 



For p age see List of Advertisers. 

 H B Froment, 57 W. 28th St.. New York. 



Fo r page see TJat of Advertisers. 

 Alex. J. Guttman, 34 W. 28th St., New 

 York. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



B C. Horan, 55 W. 28th St., New York. 



For page see Ust of Advertisers. 

 A. H. Langjahr, 55 W. 28th St., New York. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 James McManus, 42 W. 28th St., New York. 



For page see Lis t of Advertisers. 

 John 1. Rayuor, 49 W. 28th St., New York. 



For p age see List of Advertisers. 

 W. F. Sheridan, 133 W. 28th St., New York 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 Moore, Hentz & Nash. 55 and 57 W. 26th 

 St.. New York. 



For page s ee List of Advertisers. 

 Wm. a. Knebler, 28 Wlllonghby Stl 

 Bro<*lyn, N. Y. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



Anynst Mlllang, 41 W. 28th St., New York. 



For pa ge see List of Advertisers. 



Greater New York Florists' Association, 



162 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



Phillip F. Kessler, 55 & 57 W. 26th StT, 



New York. 



For page see List o f Advertisers. _ 

 A. U Yonng & Co.. 54 W. 28th St.. N. Y. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 J. K. Allen, 106 W. 28th St., New York. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



Charles Mlllang. 55 and 57 West 26th St, 



New York. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



PlilUdelphlia 



W. B. McKlsslck & Bros., 1619-1621 Kan- 

 stead St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



Leo. Nlessen Co., 1209 Arch St., Phlla., Pa. 



For page see Lis t of Advertisers. 



The S. si Pennock-Meeban Co., 1006-12 

 Lndlow St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



New Offers in This IsMie. 



CASTLE AUTOMATIC CIRCULATOR 



W. W. Castle Co., Boston, Mass. 

 For page see List of Advei-tisers. 



GOLD MEDAL ORCHIDS. 



Julius Roehrs, Rutherford, N. J. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



MOONVINE. 



Godfrey Asehmann, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 For riage see Li.st of Advertise rs. 



PLANT AUCTION SALE. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York, N. Y. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



SILK NETTINGS AND CHIFFONS. 



M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 l"or pajfe see List of Advertisers. 



THOMPSON'S VINE, PLANT AND 



VEGETABLE MANURE. 



Hosea Waterer. Philadelphia, Pa. 

 For I'afa-e see List of A ilvertisers. 



WHOLESALE FLORrsTs^ AN- 

 NOUNCEMENT. 

 A Moltz & To., New York, N. Y. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



Flower Market Reports. 



{Continued from page Sbj) 



While Memorial 

 PHILADELPHIA week prices this 



year were rather 

 under those of last year on the aver- 

 age, the volume of business in this 

 market was bigger than ever and, as 

 one authority in the wholesale center 

 stated It — "best Memorial Day week 

 we ever had!" The outside demand 

 was excellent, and in the suburban and 

 cemetery localities all the retailers did 

 an excellent business. The weather 

 was fine — and in an outside festival 

 like Decoration Day the weather is 

 "The" important factor. The big re- 

 tail stores in the center of the city 

 hardly felt any difference to speak of. 

 We presume such a condition is com- 

 mon to any big metropolitan city, but 

 does not accentuate in the smaller 

 cities and towns. The shipping orders 

 came of course from eastern, northern 

 and western points. Memorial Day not 

 being a southern festival. The most 

 popular sellers of the week were peo- 

 nies and carnations. In the latter the 

 colored sold as well as any; but in 

 peonies the white and light were most 

 in demand. Roses went fairly well — 

 especially in the medium grades. Qual- 

 ity in roses keeps up in good shape 

 all along the line. Orchids are still 

 plentiful and very good. Gigas cat- 

 tleyas are now arriving and they are 

 certainly magnificent flowers. Mossiae 

 is also good. Indoor sweet peas have 

 improved with the cool weather and 

 are now holding their own in sub- 

 stance and color with the outdoor 

 product. Blue centaurea is now to be 

 had in nuantity everywhere, instead of 

 in spots as in the past few weeks. 

 Mignonette about done. Yellow chrys- 

 anthemums and red dahlias are abnor- 

 mal and temporary features of the 

 market. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Rose and Peony Show was held 

 on June 1st. As far as the roses were 

 concerned this was undoubtedly the 

 best show of outdoor roses seen here 

 in years and good authorities think 

 the peonies were also better than 

 usual. In the hybrid perpetuals the 

 honors went to Wm. Robertson. His 

 vase of Captain Hayward was the 

 gem of his collection and he was also 

 well ahead in the tea section. The 

 best collection of hybrid teas was 

 staged by Samuel Batchelor. 



A noticeable feature of all the hy- 

 brid tea exhibits was the prominence 

 of Killarney. Another very fine va- 

 riety that showed up well was Mrs. 

 Jardine. exhibited by Wm. Robertson, 

 who also sent in a fine vase of the 

 new variety Dean Hole, which is evi- 

 dently a very good outdoor rose with 

 a fine pink long pointed bud. Walter 

 Scott, gardener for W. W. Frazier. a 

 new exhibitor, was in the winning list 

 with a fine lot of hybrid teas. 



The competition was very keen in 

 all the peony classes, and the quality 

 and variety much better than has been 

 seen here for many years. In the 

 class for the best collection there 

 were four exhibitors. John McCleary 

 taking premier honors. Thomas A. 

 Archfleld, gardener for Clement A. 

 Griscom, was also a successful prize 

 winner. The best vase of pink peo- 

 nies in the show was from Richard 



Williams, gardener to E. B. Morris, 

 Ardmore. 



In the class for hardy perennials 

 best display not less than twelve spe- 

 cies. Herman Van Gloeden of New- 

 bold's got first with a magnificent dis- 

 play of 60 or 70 vases of rare and 

 beautiful varieties. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 

 Florists' Club. 



The St. Louis Florist Club will on 

 Thursday afternoon, June 9th, at 2 

 o'clock, celebrate their twenty-third 

 anniversary with a smoker in their 

 meeting room in Odd Fellows' Build- 

 ing, Secretary Beneke says the club 

 has met each month for the past 23 

 years and the meetings are much bet- 

 ter attended now than ever before. 

 Retail Florists' Association. 



The Retail Florists' Association will 

 hold a meeting on Monday, June 6th, 

 in the K. of C. Hall, Grand and Olive 

 streets, at 8 p. m. F. C. Weber, Jr., 

 has notified each member to be present 

 as matters of great importance will 

 come before it. C. C. Sanders is presi- 

 dent of the Association. 



Park Notes. 



Park Commissioner Phil. Scanlan has 

 arranged for 140 band concerts in all 

 the public parks this summer. A fund 

 of $15,000 has been established for this 

 purpose. Acting Superintendent Er- 

 nest S. Thrall has all the park plant- 

 ing completed and they never looked 

 any better than they do this season. 

 The Ladies' Circle. 



The Ladies' Florists Home Circle 

 will hold its meeting this month at 

 Chautaurua, 111. .Miss Meinhardt, Sec- 

 retary, has sent out notices that the 

 ladies are to meet at the Union Station 

 at the gate of the C. P. & St. L., 5 p. 

 m., Wednesday, June ISth. They will 

 spend the night at Chautauqua and 

 hold their meeting the next day, re- 

 turning home in the evening. Mrs. 

 John Steidle is president. 



Shaw's Garden. 



The first Sunday opening at Shaw's 

 Garden for this year will take place 

 on Sunday, June 5th. There are only 

 two Sunday openings in the year — 

 June and September. Supt. H. C. Irish 

 says everything will be ready to re- 

 ceive the visitors. Should the wea- 

 ther be fine a record-breaking attend- 

 ance is looked for. 



Building Operations. 



Robert Thompson, the local green- 

 house builder, has his hands full build- 

 ing new greenhouses for the Kirkwood 

 florists. J. Cahill will furnish the 

 boilers and piping for same. 

 Personal. 



Visitors in town recently were: A. 

 Reising of L. Baumann Co., Chicago; 

 W. C. Johnson of E. H. Hunt Co., Chi- 

 cago; E. W. Guy, Belleville, 111. 



A CORRECTION. 



In our last issue, through a typo- 

 graphical error, the capital stock of 

 the Alvin Japanese Nursery Co., Hous- 

 ton, Texas, recently incorporated, was 

 given as $225,000. This should have 

 been $22,500. This concern plant 300 

 acres of land and employ from 40 to 

 50 hands and a general line of nursery 

 stock is grown. 



A letter received by Prof. C. S. Sar- 

 gent at the Arnold Arboretum an- 

 nounces the arrival of E. H. Wilson at 

 Ichang, China. 



