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December 9, 190IJ 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Lawrence Cotter has been sending in 

 some very fine Wellesley roses to this 

 market lately, and these have found 

 a ready market. S. S. Pennock is the 

 able medium. 



Edward Reid's well-equipped system 

 of cooling rooms with plenty of air 

 and free circulation seems to be an 

 ideal proposition for cut flowers. Car- 

 nations keep particularly well under 

 this method, because there is no reac- 



At the Godfrey Aschmann establish- 

 ment, the Christmas plant trade is 

 now in full swing. House after house 

 of well-finished azaleas are all ready 

 for shipment. Deutsche Perle. Simon 

 Mardner and Vervreneana are the three 

 best Christmas bloomers. Palms, 

 ferns, Lorraine and Erford begonias, 

 primulas, dracjenas and solanums are 

 all in the preferred class also. Mr. 

 Aschmann's prescription for success is 

 liberal advertising and always doing 

 a little better for the customers than 

 one promises. If a customer ordered 

 but once after an introduction had 

 been secured by the advertising me- 

 dium, it would spell ruin to the ad- 

 vertiser. It is the repeat orders and 

 the building up of the business that 

 ■warrant liberal expenditures in get- 

 ting new business. Often one new 

 customer will compensate for all the 

 advertising for a year. 



S. S. Pennock has built up an im- 

 portant market for Christmas plants, 

 handliug the product of several large 

 growers. Shipping facilities are unex- 

 celled, and the advantage of a central 

 distributing depot for plants at this 

 busy season is appreciated by buyers, 

 who have no time to give to running 

 around among greenhouses. The cut 

 flower business has long enjoyed this 

 facility, and now that it has been in- 

 augurated for the plant trade, it has 

 come to stay. 



A GOOD HOSE. 



The question of obtaining a satis- 

 factory hose has long been prominent 

 with greenhouse owners. The seve—" 

 strain of constant dragging over tne 

 rough walks and around short, sharp 

 turns soon renders the hose liable to 

 kink, and users in general conclude 

 that a hose that lasts six months is 

 doing fairly well. A hose is now on 

 the market which its makers, the 

 Mineralized Rubber Co. of New York, 

 claim comes nearer to perfection for 

 greenhouse work than any offered here- 

 tofore, their aim being strength, 

 lightness in weight, and durability. 

 The first qualification was met by con- 

 structing a hose that would stand any 

 hydrant pressure, and the last by a 

 peculiar method of manufacture. It is 

 well known that the flow of water in a 

 tube is governed by the interior 

 diameter of the smallest part of that 

 tube. As the couplings of "-4 inch hose 

 are only 1-2 inch in the interior the 

 hose practically conveys the same 

 amount of water as a 1-2 inch hose. 

 Keeping this point in view the manu- 

 facturers constructed a 1-2 inch hose 

 with ends enlarged to artmn. a 2-t ini';n 

 coupling, thus delivering as much 

 water as a 3-4 inch hose and with no 

 back pressure. The Anchor Green- 

 house Hose is guaranteed to stand any 

 regular hydrant pressure, and not to 

 kink, and testimonials from users show- 

 that it has given two years constant 

 service in greenhouse work. 



A HAPPY CONGRATULATION. 



The promoters of the flower show 

 which has just closed are to be con- 

 gratulated upon its success, and, by the 

 same token, so is the city. In the.se 

 modern times to maintain the reputa- 

 tion of a city means the successful 

 carrying through of various undertak- 

 ings to attract and interest people. No 

 city can live and maintain its reputa- 

 tion by simply providing for the physi- 

 cal necessities of people and giving 

 them their money's worth in pork and 

 Ijeans, in boots and shoes, in dry goods 

 and hardware. These are important, 

 but they are not the whole thing. Man 

 does not live by bread alone, nor cities 

 simply by selling the necessities of life 

 at a profit. The spiritual and aesthetic 

 side of life is fully as important, and 

 a city that would maintain the reputa- 

 tion of "no mean city" must think of 

 this side of life as well as of the other. 

 Music festivals, art exhibitions, fine 

 concerts, intellectual entertainments, 

 horse shows, bench shows, flower 

 shows — these and other things that ap- 

 peal to the varied tastes of different 

 people, and especially to their aesthetic 

 nature, are quite as important as 

 sausage factories and pure food shows. 

 Flower shows are educational. Such 

 an exhibit as that which has just been 

 held in- this city appeals to the higher 

 sensibilities of cultured people, and at- 

 tracts thousands of people from outside 

 of the city, who go away impressed by 

 the attractions of Indianapolis. It 

 makes them proud of their State capi- 

 tal. Such a show is worth encourag- 

 ing, even from a commercial point of 

 view on account of the trade it draws, 

 but much more from an aesthetic point 

 of view in the sensations it stirs and 

 the memories it leaves. The florists 

 of the city and the State deserve con- 

 gratulation on their enthusiasm and 

 success. May increasing prosperity be 

 theirs. — Indianapolis News. 



DETROIT 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND 

 PROJECTED. 



Orange, N. J. F. C. Read, one house. 



Portsmouth, N. H.— John Grant, 

 one house. 



Bellows Falls, Vt.— F. A. Halliday, 

 one house, 20 x 50. 



The nev/ greenhouse of George D. 

 Cook, at Farmington, Me., is com- 

 pleted and well stocked with carna- 

 tions. 



chewing — the gypsy 



John Breitmeyer's 



Cor. MIAMI and QRATIOT AVES. 

 DETROIT, MICH. 



Artistic Designs 

 Hi£:h GradeCut Blooms 



Florists "t: 



Taking orders for delivery in 

 New York City or Vicinity can 

 have them filled in best manner 

 and specially delivered by 



Thomas Young, Jr. 



41 W. 28th Street, New York 



In writing advertisers, mention Hortlcultore 



ALEX. McCONNELL 



546 Fifth Ave., New York City 



Telegraphic orders forwarded to any 

 part of the United States, Canada, and 

 an principal cities of Europe. Orders 

 transferred or entrusted by the trade to 

 our selection for delivery on steam- 

 ships or elsewhere receive special 

 attention. 



Telephone Calls, 340 and 341 38th St. 

 Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL 



FRED C. WEBER 



FLORIST 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



H. E. Wilson of Rochester, N. Y.. 

 has opened a branch store at 379 Main 

 street, East. 



Joseph A. Manda succeeds the 

 Llewellyn Japanese Nursery Co., "West 

 Orange, N. J., and will take possession 

 of the premises after Easter, 



SAMUEL MURRAY 



Florist 



Coates House Conservatory 



1017 BROADWAY, KANSAS CITY, MO. 



Both Phones 2670 Mafn 



4326-28 

 OLIVE STREET 



Established 1873 

 Lon? Distance Phone Bell Lindell 676 



Geo. H. Cooke 



FLORIST 



Connecticut Avenue and L Street 



WASHINQTON. D. C. 



A. Gude & Bro. 



rL0RI8T» 



1214 F ST., WASHINGTON. D. C. 



