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HORTICULTURE 



May 20, 1911 



r No\A/ and IVI 



rn^rial i 



NEW CROP DAGGER and FANCY FERNS, now ready, A 



No. 1 quality, S2.00 per 1000. Order from the house that 



never tlisappoints. 

 BRILLIANT BRONZE and GREEN GALAX, very scarce, 



SI. 35 per 1000; $9.00 per ease of 10,000. 

 IMPORTED O.VK LEAVES, $2.00 per basket. 

 IMPORTED BRONZE and GREEN M.AGNOLIA LEAVES, best 



quality, $2.00 per basket. 

 IMMORTELLES, all colors, 15c. per bunch. 



GREEN LEICOTHOE SPR.AVS, Sl.OO per 100: $7.50 per 1000. 

 BOXWOOD, 18e. per lb. ISOl OlET GREEN, 8e. per lb. 



L.Al'REL WRE.4THS, extra fine, .$3.00 to $4.00 per doz. 



LAUREL FESTOONING, extra heavy, $6.00 per 100 yds. 



BR.iNCH LAIREL, 50c. per bundle. 



SPHAGNl'M MOSS, 50c. per bag; $2.00 and $4.50 per bale. 



GREEN and VIOLET TIN FOIL, best quality, 17c. per lb. 



PLAIN TIN FOIL, 9c. per lb. 



All kinds of cr«p« Waxed Flowers, extensively used for 



>Ieniorial Day. 

 .Satisfaction guaranteed. We can fill all orders; send them io. 

 We can save you money on everything you buy In Florists' 



Supplies. 



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I Wholesale Commission Florists, Manufacturers and Importers of Florists' Supplies 



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show next meeting. A special prize 

 has been donated for the best display 

 of outdoor roses. Following are the 

 awards for the evening: 



Class A: Cattleya Mossiae Reidil. Lafier 

 & Hui'rell. OS points: Cattleya Warneri, 

 Thomas Jones. 90: Oncidium Marshallian- 

 um. J. A. Manda. 95: Carnations. William 

 Eeid, S3; Roses. William Reid, 7S: Roses. 

 Prank Drews. 7.5; American Beanty. Franli 

 Drews. 15. 



Class B: Carn;itions. Max Sclineider, .So 

 points: Gladiolus. Fritz Berglund. 93. 



Exhiiiits not in competition: Sw-eet peas. 

 Max Schneider, certiticate of merit: Carna- 

 tions, Max Schneider, cultural certificate: 

 Orchids, Lager & Hurrell. certificate of 

 merit: Orcliids, Thomas Jones, certificate 

 of merit. 



The judges were Charles W. Ash- 

 mead, Geo. W. Strange and John Der- 

 van. WILLIAM REID, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



Species prizes to be offered at Balti- 

 more, August, 1911. 



Open Class. 



Best and largest collection of blue 

 shades in lots of 6 separate colors, not 

 less than 23 spilies. Vaughan's' Seed Store, 

 silver cup. 



Best 6 spilies any white variety. M. 

 Crawford. .50 l>ulbs White Lad.v. 



Best 12 varieties not now on tlie mar- 

 ket. P. Henderson & Co.. $10.00. 



Best collection. 10 varieties. 6 spikes 

 each. W. Atlee Burpee & Co., $10.00. 



Best vase of 12 spikes, Golden Queen. 

 E. E. Stewart, .$5.00. 



Best vase of 12 spikes, (iiadioins Pres. 

 Taft. E. E. Stewart, .$5.00. 



Best vase new seedlings, not less than 

 25 varieties never before exhiliited. B. P. 

 White. .$5.00. 



Best vase of 25 spikes of one white va- 

 riety. E. H. Cushman. $5.00. 



For I>est vase of any named vellow va- 

 riety. A. T. Boddington. .$5.00. 



Best collection Childsi varieties. 3 

 spikes each. .Tohn Lewis Chiids. $10.00. 



Exhibit containing the largest nnmlier of 

 standard named varieties, correctly la- 

 beled. Gardeners' Chronicle, challenge 

 cup. 



Best collection, 15 varieties. .1 spikes 

 eacli. Stnnipp & Walter. $]0.(Hi. 



Best faille decorated with gladioli, table 

 to be laid for 6 covers. B. Hammond 

 Tracy. Silver and glass vase. 



Best centre piece for dining table. N. L. 

 Crawford, .$5.00. 



Best 25 spikes of Kunderdi "Glory" ex- 

 hibited in one vase. Henry F. Micliell Co.. 

 silver cup. 



Amateur Class. 



Best display I'rincepine. W. E. Kirch- 

 hoff Co.. gold medal. 



Best (! named varieties, one spike each. 

 iWontagne Chamberlain, silver cup. 



Best vase of America, not less than 12 

 spikes. John Lewis Cliilds, $5.00. 



Best collection of .yellow named va- 

 rieties exhibited by an annitenr. A. T. 

 Boddington, $5.00. 



Best collection of Primulinns type and 

 hybrids. J. M. Thorburn & Co.. silver 

 cup. 



ISest varieties of blue gladioli exhibited 

 in one vase. L. Merton Gage, $5.00. 



L. XIERTOX GAGE. Cor. Sec'y. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY AND AMERICAN 



PEONY SOCIETY. 



Bertrand H. Farr, J. H. Humphreys. 

 Ernest Heming, J. S. Hay and other 

 representatives of the American Peony 

 Society held a meeting in Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Philadelphia, on the 16th 

 inst., and fixed the date of the annual 

 meeting and exhibition as June 14th 

 and 15th (Wednesday and Thursday). 

 The exhibition will be under the aus- 

 pices of the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society — which will also hold 

 its own peony show at the same time. 

 The A. P. S. prize list comprises some 

 16 classes and aggregates about $200 

 in prize money, besides valuable cups 

 and medals. The schedule of prizes 

 may be obtained by writing to J. H. 

 Humphreys, Andorra Nurseries, Chest- 

 nut Hill, Philadelphia. All exhibits 

 must be staged by 3 p. m. on the 14th. 

 The date is a week or so later than 

 suits the local growers, but it was 

 thought wisest as it would enable 

 some important exhibitors from more 

 northern localities to send in their 

 best varieties. The combined com- 

 mittee of the P. H. S. and Florists' 

 Club held a meeting at same time and 

 decided to take immediate steps to 

 raise money to improve the fall exhi- 

 bition in Horticultural Hall. They 

 have it in mind also to endeavor to 

 get the local trade interests to take 

 a hand — this element, once so active, 

 being for many years not a factor; and 

 the loss of them is probably one of the 

 main reasons for the low ebb in which 

 the Society now finds itself. By the 

 trade is meant the growers and deal- 

 ers in flowers and plants, not the 

 seedsmen. The latter have been loyal 

 all throu.gh, and in fact have for many 

 years furnished what little life was 

 left by their libera! offers of prize 

 money year after year until their 

 special pi'izes finally came to be about 

 all that was offered. When a horti- 

 cultural society gets to that stage it is 

 practically dead. It is high time some- 

 thing was being done to bring the 

 P. H. S. to life again. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above Society was held in Pembroke 

 Hall, Glen Cove, N. Y., Wednesday 

 evening. May 10th. Messrs. Holloway, 

 Gray and Robinson were appointed 

 judges and their decisions were as 

 follows: 



Societ.v's prize, outdoor flowering shrub. 

 1st. A. McKenzie. Lettuce. 1st. J. W. Ev- 



erett, Vase of sweet peas, certrfleate of 

 culture to J, McDonald. Cucumbers, certi- 

 ficate of culture to J, W, Everett. Aspara- 

 gus, certificate of culture to J. W. E>erett. 

 Stumpp & Walter prize for tulips. 1st, A. 

 McKenzie: 2nd. E. Westhike. 



The schedule for the show which Is 

 to be held on the night of the June 

 meeting was read and approved, and 

 Messrs. Duthie, Johnstone and Mar- 

 shall were appointed as judges for 

 that night. 



Mr. Cliffe, superintendent at "Men- 

 don," .gave a very interesting talk on 

 the "Cultivation of Grapes Under 

 Glass," which were listened to with 

 hearty appreciation. 



E. WESTLAKE, 

 Cor. Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The Florist Club's twenty-fifth an- 

 niversary on June 28th, will be cele- 

 brated with a banquet at one of the 

 leading hotels. It was so decided at 

 the meeting of the club which was 

 held on Thursday of last week. The 

 club now has a membership of 90. 

 The committee in charge of the cele- 

 bration are Messrs. Guy, Bentzen, 

 Ostertag. Schoenle and Chandler and 

 the officers of the club. 



The monthly meeting of the club 

 was held Thursday afternoon, May 11. 

 Owing to small attendance it was de- 

 cided to lay over all important busi- 

 ness matters until the June meeting. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The annual meeting of the Utica 

 Florists' Club was held at Genesee 

 Hall, May 4. The election of officers 

 for the ensuing year resulted in F. J. 

 Baker being chosen president; Harry 

 Brant, vice president; Charles Seitzer, 

 treasurer and J. C. Spencer, secre- 

 tary. President Baker was elected to 

 serve for the sixth term. 



The members adopted a resolution 

 of condolence to the bereaved fami- 

 lies of the teachers killed or injured 

 in the recent wreck at Martin's Creek, 

 N. J. A discussion of the Arbor Day 

 and Mothers' Day trade was held. 



The New Bedford Horticultural 

 society will hold a rose show in June. 

 Mrs. Fay of Woods Hole has donated 

 a sum of money to the society for the 

 purpose of encouraging rose culture, 

 and the committee has decided to use 

 part of that sum in offering prizes to 

 amateurs who exhibit at the coming 

 show. 



Six new members were admitted at 

 the meeting of the Albany Florist 

 club. May 4, in the Capital City club 



