February 4, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



141 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Henry P. Miclicll lel't on .January 28 

 tor a brief sojourn at Pinehurst, S. C. 

 Between the catalog building and the 

 rush is the right time for the seeds- 

 man to take a few days off. And there 

 are worse places than Pinehurst! 



Spea'.-ing of successful local violet 

 growers W. C. Pray, Kinkoia, N. J., de- 

 serves honorable mention in that con- 

 nection. His Marie Louise are cer- 

 tainly very fine stock. They- are 

 handled bv the S. S. Pennock-Meehan 

 Co. 



Visitors this week: S. J. Renter, 

 Westerly, R. I.; W. C. Langbridge, rep- 

 resenting Jerome B. Rice Co., Cam- 

 bridge, N. Y.; H. H. DeGraaf, Leyden, 

 Holland; C. W. Tabler, Martinsburg, 

 W. Va.; Mr. Hogue, of Hogue-Kellogg 

 Co., Ventura, Cal. 



J. G. Slater, an experienced seeds- 

 man from the old sod, has secured an 

 important position in the Dreer estab- 

 lishment in Philadelphia. He has al- 

 ready had about a year's American ex- 

 perience — with the great Boston house 

 — Joseph Breek & Sons. 



The daintiest calendar that has come 

 to the Philadelphia office of Horti- 

 culture this year is that of the Conard 

 & Jones Co. It has a beautiful color 

 plate of their new pink canna, Mrs. 

 Alfred F. Conard. which we commented 

 on so favorably in our Dreer notes of 

 last August. The calender is an orna- 

 ment to any office. 



Our esteemed friend, James M. 

 Thoirs, the leading florist of Camden, 

 N. J., visited Philadelphia recently. 

 After a busy morning at Pennock- 

 Meehan's, and other wholesale centers, 

 he began to get reckless, and was 

 nearly run over on Broad street by a 

 sand sprinkling cart. Come again 

 James. Come early and avoid the 

 rush. 



M. Rice & Co. are the meteoric 

 florists' supply men! Last summer 

 they put an extra story on their build- 

 ing at 1220 Race street. Now it is ru- 

 mored that they have negotiations well 

 underway for an entirely new property 

 with twice the facilities. The rapid 

 increase of business during the past 

 two years is compelling them to still 

 further extend. 



On January 30th an interesting lec- 

 ture on spraying was given at the 

 Miohell seed store by C. W. Tabler of 

 Martinsburg. W. Va. This was well- 

 attended and was freely illustrated by 

 all the latest devices and materials. 

 The i)rogram for February in this se- 

 ries of lectures and discussions is as 

 follows: Feb. 13th, "The Gladiolus 

 and its Development," by I. S. Hen- 

 drickson. Floral Park, N. Y., president 

 of the American Gladiolus Society; 

 Feb. 27th, "Old Fashioned Flowers," 

 by C. Townsend, Merchantville, N. J. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUE. 



The Florist Club will on next Thurs- 

 day afternoon, Feb. 9, hold their an- 

 nual carnation show in their club 

 rooms in Odd Fellows' building. All 

 new varieties will be shown and dis- 

 cussion on carnations will be the or- 

 der of business that day. A large at- 

 tendance is looked for. 



John K. M. L. Farquhar of Boston 

 is to lecture before the Gardeners' and 

 Florists Club of Baltimore on Feb. 

 13th. Subject, "Gardens of Italy." 



Dreer's Double Petunias 



Our DOUBI.K PETUNIAS for more than halt a century have been the acknowl- 

 edged standard. The strain this season is equal in high (luality to its predecessors 

 .■uid is well known to the trade. 



We otter fifteen distinct varieties, in strong :i-in. pots, wliich will quickly furnish 

 an aluindance of cuttings. 



Strong 3-in. pots, 75 cts. per dnz.. $6.00 per IDO, The set of 15 fur $1.00. 



SEED OF OUR. 



Superb Strain of Fringed Petunias 



DOIBLE, 75 cts. per 500 seeds, $1.50 per looo seeds. 



.SINGLE, .50 cts. per trade pkt., $1.00 per 1-16 oz., $1..50 per 1-8 oz. 



These prices are for the trade only. 



OIR CURRF;NT QIWRTERLV WH01.ES.4EE rRICK LIST offels a full line of 

 seasonahle Plants. Seeds, P.nlbs, etc. 



HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



A. HUNT 



Every Florist and every U.ower should have a copy of 



''How to Grow Cut Flowers'' m. 



228 Pages. 36 Illustrations. Cloth. $2.00 



I'ostage prepaid on receipt of price 



M. A. HUNT FLORAL CO., Terre Haute, Indiana 



CINERARIA HYBRIDA 



Remember this is the 

 BEST PAYER FOR EASTER. 



We ofter our superior strain in 4 in. pDta 

 (medium height), latest improvement Id 

 size and color, $10.00 per 100. Now Is the 

 proper time to plant them into 5V4 and 

 U in. pots for Easter blooming. 



GODFREY ASCHMANN 



Importer, Wholeeale Grower and Shipper 

 of Pot Plants, 



1012 West Onbrio St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



PALMS, FERNS, DECORATIVE AND 

 FOLIAGE PLANTS 



Also Azaleas, Begonias, Bay and Box Trees 



A. LEUTHY & CO. 



PtrkiDS Stnet Nurseries. Rosfrndale, — Bostofl, Mass 



price list on application. 



PALMS, FERNS AND 



DECORATIVE PLANTS 



JOHN SCOTT 



Rutland Road and E. 45th St. 



Tcl. 28go Bedford BROOKLYN, N.Y. 



TRITOMA PFITZERI 



F3EE3 t-iCaT f=OKEF» 



TliH Ik'sI iiokfr lor cut tlower?,. 



Per 100 Per 1000 

 DniMifHis, siti^le crowns,. $4.00 $30.00 



Double anil Triple «.00 lO.OO 



( lunipH 8.00 lO.OO 



THOMAS J. OBEKI.IN. Sinking Spring, Pa. 



