May 6, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



675 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



For list of varieties and prices see page 6S7 Buyer's Directory. 



ELMER D. SMITH & CO., Adrian, Mich. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 A Joint Club Meeting. 

 An invitation has been extended 

 by the Milwaukee Florists' Club to the 

 Chicago Club to hold a joint meeting 

 with them June 1st. At the regular 

 meeting of the Chicago Club May 1st, 

 action will be taken regarding it and 

 no doubt Milwaukee will have an op- 

 portunity to be host on that day. 



Trade News. 



There has been a decided movement 

 toward the remodeling and enlarge- 

 ment of retail stores lately. C. A. 

 Samuelson, Mich. Ave. and 21st St., 

 is taking his turn now and his already 

 handsome store will be made still 

 more convenient and attractive. 



Florists are large owners of real 

 estate and the Real Estate Show at 

 the Coliseum is proving of interest to 

 them. May 3rd will be known as Elm- 

 hurst Day, so named after that beau- 

 tiful suburban town, and thirty thous- 

 and elm trees will be given away as 

 souvenirs. 



Florists are anticipating a lively 

 demand for white carnations for 

 Mothers' Day, which has been named 

 as May 14th. Last year considerable 

 sentiment was expressed in favor of 

 making it a carnation instead of a 

 white carnation day. 



E. E. Peiser, head of the Kennicott 

 Bros.' wholesale commission house, 

 opened a branch store May 1st, in a 

 portion of what was known as the 

 Flower Growers' Market, now rented 

 by the Percy Jones estate. 



Personal. 



H. C. Blewltt, who has been in poor 

 health for several months, was able 

 to be in the market Monday. 



D. D. Johnson has just returned from 

 a business trip to Buffalo, N. Y., and 

 reports trade excellent in Evergreen 

 Brand Fertilizer. 



George Woodward is convalescing 

 and plenty of flowers are finding their 

 way to the hospital where he will stay 

 another two weeks. 



Fred Munsing, well known in Chi- 

 cago, who has been in England the 

 past year returned last week and re- 

 enters the employ of F. Oechslin. 



John Davey, who has made tree 

 surgery a life study, has given some 

 interesting and instructive talks on 

 his "brothers," the trees, at the Coli- 

 seum. 



Otto Freese took his friends by sur- 

 prise Saturday when he took a trip to 

 Milwaukee and brought home a bride, 

 formerly Josephine Trude. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Freese will make their future 

 home in Western Springs, 111. 



Julius Schnap and family have gone 

 to Seattle, Wash., to make it their fu- 

 ture home. Mr. Schnap was for several 

 years in the retail business on 47th 

 street, and Miss Elsa Schnap has tor 

 the past two years been with the Al- 

 pha Floral Co. 



Visitors— Geo. Servlss, Batavia, 111.; 

 J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, O.; Wm. 

 Graff, Columbus, 0. 



GARDEN ROSES 



IMMEDIATE RESULTS IN THE ROSE-GARDEN 



Large plants well established in 6-in. pots. 

 Ready for stiipment, in the following 

 varieties: 



KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA 

 RICHMOND ENCHANTER 



KJLLARNEY PINK COCHET 



WHITE KILLARNEY WHITE COCHET 



MRS. AARON WARD 



50c. each; $5.00 per dozen; $35.00 per 100. 



A. N. PIERSON, Inc. 



CROMWELL, CONN. 



JOHN T. WITHERS, Inc. 



Landscape Architect and Forester 



I Montgomery St., JERSEY CITY, N. J. 



Tre« R«noTatloa by Expert Operators. 

 StereoptleoD lectures on Hortlcnltnre >nd 

 Arborlcaltnre. 



CHOICE VARIETIES OF 



DAHLIAS AND POMPON 

 Chrysanthemums i 



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SHATEMUC NURSERIES 

 Barrytown, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Mr. and Mrs. M. Rice returned Mon- 

 day on steamship "President Lincoln" 

 from a nine weeks' trip abroad. They 

 both enjoyed their trip very much. 

 Mr. Rice will tell later of some of the 

 good things he has secured. 



Chas. E. Meehan, of the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., accompanied by his wife 

 has been on a trip to Old Point Com- 

 fort, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Wash- 

 ington. The week consumed has been 

 in the nature of a vacation combined 

 •■.vith a little business on the side. 



Anadarko, Okla. — The Anadarko 

 Greenhouses are now owned by Mrs. 

 C. G. Loving. 



Lawrence, Mass. — Thornton Bros. 

 have announced that they intend to 

 dispose of tlieir general art stock and 

 will then enlarge their flower and 

 seed departments. 



^ A few years ago we lost 

 a customer temporarily be- 

 cause one of our competi- 

 tors bought beddirig plants 

 from him in exchange for 

 his lily bulb order. He 

 called it ''reciprocity." For 

 two years now he has had 

 lilies a-la-dandelion blend 

 which were hardly worth 

 the space they occupied. 

 After figuring it all out he 

 finds his loss on lilies, 

 based on his cut flower 

 purchases to supply his 

 trade, is far more than the 

 entire value of the bedding 

 plants. It took just three 

 years to figure it out. It 

 is all right to reciprocate 

 when the values are the 

 same, but on such a lop- 

 sided proposition it does 

 not pay. Buy your goods 

 where it pays you best to 

 buy and sell your goods 

 likewise, but don't let any 

 one tell you where to sell 

 and where to buy your 

 goods because no one 

 knows your business as 

 well as yourself. When 

 you want first class lily 

 bulbs or French bulbs, you 

 can get them here at prices 

 consistent with the quality 

 delivered. You can make 

 more money on our kind 

 than on anv other kind you 

 can buy. Write for prices. 



Ralph M. Ward & Ci. 



\ot How Cheap 

 But How Good 



12 West Broadway 

 NEW YORK cmr 



Cold Storage Giganteum. Mul- 



tiflorum, Formosum, Speci- 



osum, Auratutn, Bamboo 



Canes, etc., on hand 



