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HORTICULTURE 



December 13, 1913 



A SHIPPING CENTRE 



Albany, New York, is the logical distributing centre for a very large 

 flower consuming section. Facilities for transportation, north, east, 

 south and west are unexcelled, and when to this fact we add a first 

 class supply and a thorough knowledge of the wholesale flower shipping 

 trade, you can understand that 



The Albany Cut Flower Exchange 



is well equipped to fill a demand, much of which in the past has been in- 

 differently cared for. So, if you want 



Flowers, Greens or Supplies for the Holidays or Any Other Time 



the right place, the right goods, the right service at the right time, are now 

 at your disposal. Order Early and you can include all the popular Roses and 

 Carnations, Lilies, Lily of the Valley and other Bulb Stock, Poinsettias, Violets, etc., 

 also fine Holly and all Christmas Greens. 



|j THOMAS TRACE Y, Mgr. Albany, n.y. 



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\Sr HARTS HANDY HANDLE 



Fits securely on nay stindard pot and by the use of a little chif- 1 12 Inches blgh, $2.50 per doz. 4 24 inches high, $5.00 per doz. 

 fon or rilibon gives y >u a Basket effect at a very small additioual 2 15 " " Z.50 " " 5 30 " " O.-iO " 



expense, increasing the price of your plants 100 per cent. 3 'S " " 4.00 ■' " 6 36 " " 9.00 " 



.\t Your Dealer's or Direct. 



GEO. B. HART, Manuf acturer, 24 to 30 Stone Street, Rochester, N.Y. 



A MODEL FLOWER STORE. 



The new store of the Rentschler 

 Floral Co., Madison, Wisconsin, recent- 

 ly opened, is pronounced, "the hand- 

 somest and most complete retail flor- 

 ist's establishment in the state." The 

 equipment is modern in every detail 

 and from basement to ceiling all fix- 

 tures, refrigerators and ice machine, 

 were purchased direct from one manu- 

 facturer. 



All woodwork is oak-stained forest 

 green, with white marble trim; the 

 ceiling is beamed and stained to match 

 the fixtures. Across the back of the 

 store is the large refrigerator display 

 case with three full length doors. This 

 refrigerator has five large drawers in 

 one end, for the storage of ferns and 

 violets. The interior is lined with 

 French plate mirrors in the back and 

 sides and has a white enamelled cell- 

 ing and white tile floor. The doors of 

 the refrigerator have three thicknesses 

 of polished plate glass and are fitted 

 with nickeled hardware. Above the 

 refrigerator, going clear across the 

 store, is an attractive art glass parti- 



°—: , , , J ,, United Uefrigerator and Ice Machine Co.'s fixtures in modern florists' store. 



There are two large, glazed wall Madison, Wis. 



