May 20, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



747 



Our Quality Bulbs are famous for results 



Mr. Florist:— You can save money on the bulbs you expect to grow this 

 Fall, if you order them now, iastead of two or three months later. 



We have bought heavily of the best bulbs procurable in Bermuda, Japan, 

 Holland and French markets, and will, until July 1st, offer special induce- 

 ments to encourage our customers to place their orders earlier than usual. 



Send us a list showing the bulbs you wish to grow this Fall— Lilies, 

 Tulips, Narcissi, Hyacinths, etc.— and we will make a special and con- 

 fidential quotation on your order. Our regular B'all Catalogue will 

 be ready in July, but the prices we will make you now will be at a large 

 reduction, for the reasons stated above. 



Write for "CONFIDENTIAL QUOTATION" -and write to-day. This offer is 

 good only until July 1st, igil. 



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rooms. Most of the evening was de- 

 voted to a social session witli re- 

 freshments in accordance with a plan 

 discussed at the April meeting for the 

 purpose of getting the members out 

 in larger numbers. As a result there 

 was a considerable increase in the at- 

 tendance and a similar entertainment 

 will be a feature of the meeting.? 

 every other month. The social com- 

 mittee is considering the subject of 

 an excursion down the river to be 

 held dui'ing August. 



That the strict laws for nursery- 

 men in Idaho have had the effect of 

 driving many of them out of business 

 is evidenced from information ob- 

 tained by State Horticulturalist Mc- 

 Pherson. It is shown by the records 

 of his office that 123 nurserymen 

 previously did business in that state. 

 where there are now 74 who have 

 provided their bonds, while bonds for 

 13 nurserymen are still pending. 



PERSONAL. 



Oliver C. ScoviUe has been appoint- 

 ed foreman at Colt's Park, Hartford, 

 Conn. 



Bert Lucas succeeds August Lembke 

 in the management of the greenhouses 

 of B. Eldredge, Belvidere, 111. 



Ed. Buschle, who was formerly with 

 the Tromey Flower Shop, has accept- 

 ed a position with C. E. Critchell. Cin- 

 cinnati. 



James Taplin has accepted the posi- 

 tion of superintendent of the Rose 

 Hill Nurseries (Siebrecht & Son). New 

 Rochelle, N. Y. 



A. K. Gardner of Rockland, Me., haa 

 been appointed State Horticulturist to 

 succeed Prof. E. F. Hltchins now with 

 the University of Maine. 



George Batty, former proprietor of 

 the H. C. Beebe & Co. greenhouses. 

 Middletown, Conn., has given up the 

 florist business and taken a position 

 with the Hartford & New York Trans 

 poration Co. Henry J. Koehler has 

 succeeded Mr. Batty. 



Carl Melby, who has been with the 

 Hoskin's Floral Company, Bismarck, 

 N. D., the past year, has gone to Min- 

 neapolis to accept a position with 

 Donaldson's floral department. He 

 expects later to go to the Pacific coast 

 to reside permanently. 



S. S. Butterfield, representative of 

 the American Florist in New York, 

 has been dangerously ill in hospital 

 at Brooklyn, N. Y., with septic 

 poisoning of the throat. We are glad 

 to state that prospects are now 

 promising for his recovery but for a 

 time the outlook was far from en- 

 couraging. 



The wedding of Maurice L. Glass of 

 A. Moltz & Co., New York wholesale 

 florists, to Miss Rebecca Maltz at the 

 Adas leshurun Ansche Synagogue, 

 New York, on May 16th, was an ele- 

 gant affair. The edifice was prettily 

 decorated with a profusion of spring 

 blossoms, smilax and palms and the 

 music was fine as well as tlie sumptu- 

 ous feast that followed at Loeber's. 



David Welch, of the firm of Welch 

 Brothers, Boston, is seriously ill at 

 his home in Dorchester, Mass. He 



has been in failing health for the past 

 two months and the trouble has con- 

 tinued to defy the best efforts of his 

 physicians. All our readers will 

 surely join us in wishing a full and 

 speedy recovery for this courteous 

 and universally popular gentleman. 



Timothy O'Connor, the well-known 

 florist of Providence, R. I., and his 

 wife celebrated the 50th anniversary 

 of their wedding at their home, 87 

 Barnes street, on May 14, in the pres- 

 ence of a large number of relatives 

 and a few intimate friends. They re- 

 ceived many handsome presents. The 

 evening was made thoroughly enjoy- 

 able by an impromptu program of en- 

 tertainment which was followed by 

 the serving of refreshments. Mr. and 

 Mrs. O'Connor were married at the 

 Immaculate Conception Church by 

 Rev. Father Cooney a half-century 

 ago, and they have lived in Providence 

 continuously since that time. They 

 have two sons, Timothy L. and Wil- 

 liam H., and one daughter, Mrs. M. 

 Joseph McCarthy. These and a num- 

 ber of grandchildren were present. 

 The singing of "Put On Your Old Gray 

 Bonnet." by Frank O'Connor was an 

 enjoyable feature of the entertain- 

 ment. 



Cincinnati Visitor— Mellon Alexan- 

 der, representing Lion & Co., N. Y. 



Boston visitors— Winfried Rolker, 

 New York; E. J. Fancourt, of Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Co., Phila., Pa.; G. W. 

 Strange, representing W. A. Manda, 

 So. Orange, N. J. 



