April 23, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



633; 



Eitablished 1874. 



FLORIST 



N. E. Cor. 44 St. & Madison Avenue, N. Y. City 



Floweri shipped on all Steamers. Special Correspon- 

 dents in sll the large ciHes of Europe and theBritisb 

 Colonies. Telegraph & Cable address Dardsplor. 



NEW ENGLAND 



FLOWER DELIVERIES 



Send flower orders for delivery in Boston 



and all New England pointsnfc 



THOS. F. GALVIN 



124 Tremont St., Bo ston 



I— MATTHEWS flS^Ist — 



DAYTON, OHIO 



Is elegantly equipped to take care prop- 

 erly of all orders for flowers entrusted 

 to him night or day 



For Dayton, Ohio and Vicinity. 



Milwaukee, Wis. 



CCPollworthCo. 



WILL TAKE PROPER 

 CARE OP YOUR ORDERS IN 



Wisconsin 



!-THE BOSTON- 



CUT FLOWER CO. 



Will fill orders for flowers, design work or plants 

 promptly as ordered to any address in Boston 

 ftfld Ticinky. Usual Commission. 



14 Bromfield Street, Boston. 



Telephone. Main 3681. 



TRANSFER 



Your orders for flower or plant dcliY- 

 ery in Eastern New England to 



JULIUS A. ZINN 



1 Parl( St. , Boston 



48 W. 29th Street. New York City 

 Telephone No. 1757 Mad. Sq. 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



GALAX, bronze and green, fresh crop, 



tl.OO. 1000; $7.50, 10,000. LEDCOTHOB 

 PRAYS. 75c, 100. GREEN SHEET 

 MOSS, »2.00 large bag. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE 



Dana Hall, Walnut Hill and Rockridge Hall 



sctaoois. TAIL8Y, Wellesley, Mass. 



Tel. Wellesley 44-1 and 2. Night 44-3. 



PERSONAL. 



W. J. Quinlan is now head gardener 

 for Crouse Klock, Syracuse, N. Y. 



E. Madson is now in the employ ot 

 C. Cramer, Salt Lake City, Utah, hav- 

 ing closed his store. 



Herman Dailey is now foreman of 

 J. F. Sullivan's greenhouse, Detroit, 

 Mich. He was formerly at Schroe- 

 ter's. 



Arthur Neyer of St. Louis has ac- 

 cepted a position in the cut flower de- 

 partment of the wholesale house ot C. 

 A. Kuehn. 



Bert Nocals, formerly with Poehl- 

 mann Bros., Chicago, is now with the 

 Pearce Hardware and Furniture Co., 

 Lake Linden, Mich. 



John Ahern has resigned his posi- 

 tion with F. Lentland, Lockland, Ohio, 

 and has taken a position with the 

 Bloomhurst Floral Co. 



Wm. Kiss, gardener for Mrs. W. 

 Scott Fitz, Smith avenue, Manchester, 

 Mass., for the last three years, retires 

 from active duties this month and Jo- 

 seph Rogers of Pittsfield succeeds him. 



Visitor in Boston this week: Henry 

 Eicke, representing 0. V. Zangen, New 

 York. 



Visitors in Cincinnati: Ira Clark, 

 Greensburg, Ind.; D. B. and 0. S. Hon- 

 aker, Lexington, Ky. All report busi- 

 ness excellent. 



Recent visitors in St. Louis were: 

 J. J. Karins of Dreer's, Philadelphia, 

 .lulius Willhoff of Schloss Bros., N. Y., 

 Charlie S. Ford of Hermann's, New 

 York, and T. J. Farney ot M. Rice & 

 Co., Philadelphia. 



"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH." 



Leading Retail Florists Listed by 



Towns for Ready Reference. 



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

 St. 



Boston— Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremoat St. 



Boston — Edward MacMulkin, 194 Boyl- 

 ston St. 



Boston— Hoffman, Florist, 59-61 Massa- 

 chusetts Ave. 



Boston — Julius A. Zinn, 2 Beacon St. 



Boston — The Boston Cut Flower Co., 14 

 Bromfleld St. 



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

 ton St. and Greene Ave. 



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



Chicago— Hauswirth, "The Florist," 232 

 Michigan Ave. 



Chicago- William J. Smyth, Michigan 

 Ave. and 31st St. 



Dayton, O. — Matthews, The Florist. 



Denver, Colo.— Park Floral Co., 1706 

 Broadway. 



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

 Miami and Gratiot Aves. 



Falmouth, Mass. — H. V. Lawrence. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Muri'ay, 1071 

 Broadwa.v. 



Kansas Citv, Mo.— Wra. L. Rock Flower 

 Co., 1116 Walnut St. 



Louisvill'?, Ky.— Jacob Schuiz, 550 South 

 Fourth X\e, 



Milwaukee, Wis.--C. C. Pollworth Co. 



New Y'orU — David Clarke's Sons, 2139- 

 2141 Broadway. 



New York— Alex. McConnell, 571 Fifth 

 Ave. 



New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th 

 St. 



New York— M. A. Howe, 1294 Broadway. 



New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St. 

 and Madison Ave. 



Toledo, Ohio — George A. Heinl. 



Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonng St. 



Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F 

 St. 



Wellesley, Mass. — Tallby. 



Obituary* 



Henry G. McPike. 

 The death of Henry G. McPike, bet- 

 ter known as the "Illinois Burbank," 

 removes one ot the oldest residents of 

 Alton, 111. Mr. McPike died on Mon- 

 day morning, April ISth. He was well 

 known among botanists and horticul- 

 turists throughout the country, being 

 the originator of the now well-known 

 "McPike Grape." Mr. McPike was born 

 in 1825 at Lawrenceburg, Ind. The 

 funeral took place Wednesday. April 

 20th, on the lawn of his home in a 

 grove of fine forest trees which Mr. 

 McPike had planted. This was his 

 wish, so great was his love for his 

 trees and flowers. 



Susan Scott Lustgarten. 

 Miss Susan Scott Lustgarten, 19- 

 year-old daughter and only child of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lustgarten of 

 Elmhurst, L. I., N. Y., lost her life in 

 a terrible accident on the evening of 

 April 8. With other girl students of 

 Adelphi College, Miss Lustgarten was 

 participating in an entertainment when 

 her dress was set on fire by the blaze 

 from a pan of alcohol which was be- 

 ing used in the scene and she died 

 from her injuries at Brooklyn Hos- 

 pital. 



William Penn Watson. 



William Penn Watson, "The Father 

 of Dry Farming," and one of the fore- 

 most Pacific Coast horticulturists, 

 died recently at his home. Long Beach, 

 Calif. He is said to have been the 

 first to introduce fruit growing in the 

 Hood River Valley, Ore. He was 

 born in Morgan County, 111., in 1823. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Rochester, Minn. — The Rochester 

 Cut Flower Store has purchased the 

 business of R. Grounds. 



New/ Orleans, La.— The greenhouse 

 of F. B. Faessel is being torn down, 

 as he is going out of the retail busi- 

 ness. He intends to grow asparagus 

 for the wholesale trade. 



Alton, III. — Allen and Irvin Keiser 

 have purchased the Weber place in 

 Godfrey Township, a mile and a half 

 beyond the city limits, and intend to 

 operate under the name of the Alton 

 Floral Co. Their three new houses 

 will be equipped with the best ot ap- 

 pliances and those interested are very 

 optimistic as to the success of the 

 venture. 



Atlanta, Ga.— A. Borg and Ivar 

 Erickson have purchased the Atlanta 

 Floral Co. and will continue the busi- 

 ness on a larger scale. A new depart- 

 ment of landscape gardening will be 

 added as Mr. Erickson is a profession- 

 al landscape architect and gardener 

 and will have charge ot this depart- 

 ment. Mr. Borg will have charge of 

 the floral end ot the business at the 

 Peachtree street store. 



f»Cn I UCItll LEADING FLORIST, 



btU. A. ntlNL, toledo, ohio 



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