PHILADELPHIA NEWS NOTES 



James M. Thoirs of Camden has taken a 

 cottage for his family for the summer at 

 Wildwood, N.J. 



William J. Muth of the Cut Flower Co. 

 has been busy striking the annual balance, 

 and finds that business nearly doubled over 

 their previous year. 



Walter P. Stokes of Johnson & Stokes 

 treated the employees of the firm to an 

 outing by boat and' trolly to his country scat 

 at Moorestown, N.J., on the 15th inst. 



Announcement has been made of the ap- 

 plication for articles of incorporation for the 

 Robert Craig Company. The signatories 

 are Robert Craig, H. G. ElUnger, and James 

 Cole. 



Another batch of happy vacationists (Us- 

 appeared from nearly all the larger places 

 last week, making it interesting for those 

 that are left, notwithstanding the summer 

 dullness. 



New-crop freesia, oxalis, and zephyranthes 

 bulbs are now in evidence at Michell's. The 

 demand for pansy seeds, strawberry plants, 

 and other midsummer specialties is unusually 

 good this season. 



A. H. Brown, head of the accounting de- 

 partment of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., left on 

 the 1 2th inst. for a trip through his native 

 heath. New England, accompanied by Mrs. 

 Brown. His first stop will be Newburyport, 

 Mass., after which he will sojourn in Maine. 



NEWS NOTES 



The Winona Floral Company of Winona, 

 Minn., is bankrupt. 



Frank Huntsman of Cincinnati has filed a 

 bankruptcy petition with liabilities stated at 

 $2,350. 



John Kirchner, Cleveland, O., under the 

 firm name of Kirchner's is putting up two 

 new houses, 20 ~< So, and a shipping room 

 an.l polling ,he,l. 



I Florists Out of Town ! 



^ Taking Orders for Flowers to 



^ be Delivered to Steamers or 



0_ Elsewhere in New York can 



jij have them delivered in 



'S PLAIN BOXES, WITH OWN 



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by 



Young & Nugent 



42 W. 25th Street, New Yorli 1 



GEO. H. COOKE 



FLORIST 



Connecticut Avenue and 1. Street 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 



FRED C.WEBER 



FLORIST 



oliv^^ItI^^eet 5T. LOUIS, MO. 



EsUblished 1S7J 

 Long DIsUnce Phone Bell LIndell 676 



HORTICULTURE 93 



ROSES 



Hliapol llow.T, in .-ti-iiKh pots at Si3a ; a-iii at 



»ir. per loot) 

 xe offer a limited number of good clean healthy 

 nriceii as we are in need of the space they oc< upy 



linele John, 

 Uncle John, 

 KrideKiiiaid. 



ih, S3.00 Si3r..00 

 ■h, a.OO 15.00 

 ih, 2.50 30.00 



i CARNATIONS, 100,000 field Grown m 



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J A.BUDLON0I 



37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO ^ 



R "Cut Flowers f 



gg ROSKS an.l WHOLES 



g Wi^MVn;.... GROWE 



Albert T. Lorch succeeds X. T. Lorch & 

 Co., at De Haven, Pa., George F. Hoff- 

 meister retiring from the firm. 



George H. Sinclair, formerly foreman for 

 the late E. H. Howland, has leased the 

 Rowland greenhouses at Holyoke, the report 

 of lease to a Vermont florist having been 

 premature. 



The Greenhouse Company has been in- 

 corporated in Jersey City, N.J., for the pur- 

 pose of greenhouse construction and heating, 

 with capital stock $200,000. W. R. Phillips 

 is president and Preston Le Bau, secretarv'. 



IF YOU WANT solid buyers to know 

 what you are selling ADVERTISE IN 

 HORTICULTURE. It's a'going to catch 

 them all this coming season. 



BUSINESS CHANGES 



William Taylor succeeds the Capital Seed 

 Co. at Des Moines, la. 



Lambros Mulinos has opened a new store 

 at 1274 Broadway, N. Y. 



The American Seed Co. has been incor- 

 porated at Fort Worth, Tex. 



Sneider & Co. is a new plant-growing cs- 

 tabUshment in Woburn, Mass. 



The Lake Odessa Floral Co. has started 

 business at Lake Odessa, Mich. 



L. A. Houston & Co. have been incorpo- 

 rated as florists in Detroit, Mich. 



Ormiston & Griffith succeed to the busi- 

 ne.ss of H. E. Philpott at Winnipeg, Man. 



The Fresno Nursery Co. has been incor- 

 porated at Fresno, Cal. Capital, $50,000. 



Mrs. W. L. Smith has purchased the green- 

 houses of Charles Doll at Seymour, Conn. 



At Toronto, Ont., a new flower store has 

 been opened at 96 Yonge street, as Thr 

 Rosary. 



The Child Floral Company succeeds C 

 Kramer in the retail flower business at Sail 

 Lake City. 



The Wm. F. Lauch Florist Company, Mil' 

 Beaver, Pa., has been incorporated. Capi 

 tal, $10,000. 



Moore & Simon of Philadelphia will nn>\> 

 then- seed business on .\ugtist i from 207 t< • 

 339 Market street. 



John A. Kraus, of Auburn, N. Y., has goii. 

 into bankruptcy with liabilities of $1,810.77 

 and assets trifling. 



Peter Olinger has gone into partnership 

 with Peter Weiland, and will manage the 

 store in Cincinnati. 



It is said that a flower farm with ca])ital 

 stock of $250,000 is to be started at Dallas, 

 Texas, by E. H. R. Green. 



tion8, one for each size letter, given 

 away with flrjt order of 500 letters. 



Block Letters. lJor2-inch size, per 100, 12, 



Script Letters, 3. Fastener with each 



letter or word. Used by leading florists 



everywhere and for sale by all wliolesale 



florists and supply dealers 



N. r. MCCARTHY, Treas. and Maiwfler 



H4 Hnnley St.. BOSTON. MASS. 



