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HORTICULTURE 



December 3, 1910 



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Now Ready for the Holiday Season 

 BEST EQUIPPED ESTABLISKMENT IN NEW ENGLAND 



The Responsible Houserthat Always Fills Orders at Holidays 

 as Well as at other times. 



Everything for the Flower Store 



Cut Flowers.^Plants, Evergreen, Holly, Mistletoe, Boxwood, 



Southern Smilax. 



SSEND FOR^PRICE LIST. 



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MAKE YOUR '.WANTS KNOWN. 



226 Devonshire Street, 



Boston 



'Phones: 6267, 6268, 5419 Main 



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CATTLEYA DUSSELDORFII VAR. four and one-half days was 27,760 per- PERSONAL. 



UNDINE. sons. James Rust, of Chestnut Hill, Mass., 



We take pleasure In presenting as DURING RECESS and Miss Robina Murray are to be 



a cover illustration the portrait of New Y^TTi-owlers. ."^several ^on—Vs' o" thrilL" 



this exquisite novelty, which, exhibit- „ .,„•.,., ,■ '^ „ ™' noneymoons on ine Allan 



ed by Julius Roehrs Company at the Scores were made on Friday, Nov. liner Pretonan from Boston to Glas- 



Boston orchid show last May, won ^o as follows: gow Dec. 9, and until next spring in 



the gold medal as tlie best seedling *{';"?,'',; "^ \^t ]%* "? wl i ^ -.^ ■ . ., . 



orchid plant not previously exhibited ^^ ::;::: l! i! :: -[ll^ I'i 'M \^ Mi t MeHstTom hasTcidTto d'f 



in the United States. This is a true Berry 151 ini 182 m ^^■"\.-^- ^ei'stiom has decided to dis- 



albino hvbrid absolntelv nurp whitP Scott 162 123 128 143 continue his annual trips to America 



We Lp indehtPd to M^^ '■''^^«' 1« i-» 1" 134 as representative of F. Sander & Son, 



we are indebted to Mr. E. V. Low, Xugeut 84 88 93 lOO and will henceforth ma'ie hiq lipart 



Hayward's Heath, England, for the Kakuda Si loo ill 126 !;,,,,:= "^nceioitn ma..e his head- 

 photograph Kleinmfin — 190 152 159 quarters at Bruges. Mr. Mellstrom 



1 The Warendorff prize was won by ^^^ "^'^e a host of affectionate friends 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES J- B. McArdle. The prize for Decern- ^^ ^\^ United States and he will be 



ber 2 is a silk umbrella given by greatly missed. He will be succeeded 



The Twin Cities exhibition next Myer for the best average by non- ^^ David Cameron as American repre- 



year will be held in St. Paul. An winners of the club up to date On sentative of the firm, with office at 258 



agreement has been made to hold the pgj, 9 ^^^g prizes will be given by Broadway, New York City, 



show each year alternately in St. Paul Rickards Bros. Thursday, Dec. l.was mfwq n^tpq 



and Minneapolis. t^3 ^^t^ ^^^ t^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ NEWS NOTES. 



A patron who requests that his Astoria. Results in next weeks paper Chicago, lll.-The Superior Boiler 



name be withheld has presented a $50 Works are installing a new hot water 



silver cup to be competed for at the /^f^ EYE OPENER boiler for Wietor Bros, 



next June show of the Huntington (N. ' Chicago, III. — The Park Flower 



Y.) Horticultural and Agricultural So- "Please find enclosed money order Shop, Mrs. E. Morton, proprietor, has 



ciety, for the best twelve roses. for $1.00 for which please enter my been moved to 206 E. 5Sth street. 



The Springfield, 0., Florists' Club „^rne as a subscriber to your journal. ^' ^3=°' Tex.— Charles Snyder has 



met on November 14, at the office of _. . disposed of his interest in the El Paso 



Leedle Bros., and had a very enjoyable ^"® sample copy you sent me was carnation Co. and has purchased the 



time. A paper was read by Charles s" ^ye opener, and it Is just what I greenhouses south of the El Paso 



Youngstrand on the subject of "Adver- need. I find the Buyer's Directory Water Works. A general line of cut 



tising," and an interesting discussion alone well worth the subscription flowers and potted plants will be 



followed. ^ grown. 



It is very cheering to learn that the P'""^^- ' "^""^ ^""^ "^^"^ *""^^ *"^* Marine City, Mich.— The new pro- 

 Rochester show, about which some °"s wishes to get an article in a prietor of the Marine City Floral Co., 

 doubt had been expressed, proved to hurry and does not know where It A. W. Robbel, has made many 

 have been entirely self-supporting. can be purchased, and this is just changes and improvements in and 

 Following the auditing of all the bills . .. _. .' n u 1 around the plant. Herbert Lester is 

 it appears that the receipts exceeded ^^^"^^ ^^^, D'--ect°--y will help you ,^^^ .^ ^^^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ growing, J. J. 

 the expenses by something less than °"* "'"^ times out of ten." Houghton having severed his connec- 

 $100. The total attendance for the C. F. M., New York. tion with the concern. 



