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HORTICULTURE 



October 1, 1910 



SUPERIOR 

 BULBS 



PRODUCE 



Superior Flowers 



HENDERSON'S 



Superior Bulbs 



FOR AUTUMN PLANTINC 



WE are the Largest Importers, Dealers 

 and Growers of Bulbs in America, 



and handling the unusually large quantities that 

 we do, and being experienced Forcers and Growers 

 ourselves, we are in consequence enabled to select 

 superior stock at advantageous prices, allowing us 

 to offer Superior Bulbs at reasonable rates. 



WHOLESALE CATALOGUE ON 

 APPLICATION FROn FLORISTS 



Peter Henderson (Si Co. 



35 and 37 Cortland St., New York 



PERSONAL. 



Mrs. Wm. Sunderbruch, of Ci:u-in- 

 nati, is visiting friends in M-iiiiesota. 



George M. Stiimpp, of New York, re- 

 turned on Tuesday, Sept. 27. from Eu- 

 rope, on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. 



Augustine MacLellan. florist of Brain- 

 ard, Minn., and Miss Emma M. Weid 

 were married at Cincinnati, Ohio, re- 

 cently. 



Julius Roehrs, Sr., has been con- 

 fined to his bed with a very severe 

 cold since his return from his New 

 Mexican trip. 



The youngest son of Frank Millang, 

 New York, is in the hospital recover- 

 ing from an operation for appendicitis. 

 He is 10 years of age. 



Wm. E. Mills and wife, of State Nur- 

 seiy Company, Helena, Mont., returned 

 from an extended European tour, on 

 the Oceanic last Wednesday. 



Wm. Murphy is the last one of the 

 Cincinnati vacationists to return, hav- 

 ing arrived home Tuesday, September 

 27, looking the picture of health. 



Boston visitor: Victor Morgan, rep- 

 resenting Bobbink & Atkins, Ruther- 

 ford, N. J. 



Visitors in Cincinnati: Charles 

 Weltz, Wilmington, Ohio; Ben Thomas, 

 Augusta, Ky.; Carrie Treadway, Day- 

 ton. Ohio. 



Visitors in New York: Thomas Ro- 

 land, Nahant, Mass.; G. Kruyft, of Van 

 Waveren & Kruyff, Sassenheim, Hol- 

 land. Mr. Kruyff is on a recreation 

 trip. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



AI. Rice & Co. are having a big run 

 on their new butterfly novelty. Third 

 shipment exhausted and another on 

 the way. Panama hats and cured 

 poinsettias are also big favorites this 

 season. 



Because of flying glass the fire de- 

 partment had considerable diiRculty 

 Sei)t. 24th, in extinguishing a blaze at 

 Habermehl's plant, 22nd and Diamond 

 streets, caused by boys throwing light- 

 ed cigarettes into a rubbish pile at 

 rear. Loss $400. 



.lohn Clark of Dreer's and Maurice 

 Fuld of Michell's, will be among the 

 judges at the Dahlia Show of the Nas- 

 sau Horticultural Society, which opens 

 at Glen Cove, Long Island, Sept. 29th. 



Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Neville, of 

 .1. B. Stevenson Co., Savannah. Ga.: 

 Mr. Weaklin. late Randolph & McClem- 

 ents, Pittsburgh, now operating on his 

 own account in same city; Daniel E. 

 Gorman, Williamsport, Pa.: Walter 

 Graves, East Liberty. Pa.: Mr. Garrity. 

 of ,1. H. Dunlop, Toronto, Out.; Horace 

 Rimby, Collegeville, Pa.; Antoine Leu- 

 thy. Boston, Mass.; Ed. Roehrs. Ruth- 

 erford, N. J. 



Shenandoah, la. — E. W. Horton. 

 formerly with the Shenandoah Nur- 

 series, has accepted a position in 

 Billings. Mont., with the Montana 

 Nuisery Co. 



Lansing, Mich.— The Michigan Cut 

 Flower Exchange has increased its 

 capital stock from $10,000 to $15,000. 



Portland, Me. — Work has been be- 

 gun on the new greenhouses and gar- 

 dener's house for the park depart- 

 ment of this city. The contract for 

 this work was let recently to N. E. 

 Redlon & Son, and work will be 

 pushed as rapidly as possible. 



A MT. CLEMENS GROWER. 



Robert Klagge, of Detroit, is about 

 linishing a new storage house 40 x 150, 

 concrete up to the second story, timber 

 and brick from second story to roof, 

 and exepects to house within the next 

 few weeks 300,000 Dutch bulbs, 100,000 

 Lilium formosum, and over 1,000,000 

 lily of the valley. His greenhouses 

 are mostly |,lanted in La Detroit, 

 Richmond and Kaiserin roses, carna- 

 tions having been relegated to the 

 rear. His bulbs will be grown in 

 houses now occupied by 25,000 chrys- 

 anthemums. Most of the latter are 

 grown with :; flowers to the plant. 

 FRANK DANZER. 



fATTENTION!!!! 



We have a fine stock of 

 HEALTHY HOIVIE GROWN BULBS of 



LILIUM HANSOM Per 100 



A gr.iud lilv f(*r border 

 planting ." $25.00 



CALL A ELLIOTT] ANA 



Splendid yellow call.i for 

 forcing 20.00 



LYCORIS SQUAMIGER.A lo.ou 

 (Amaryllis Hallii) 



Complete list of German and 

 Japan Iris and Lilinms will 1)6 

 mailed on application. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS 



• Wholesale Dept. 



Floral Park, N. Y. J 



