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horticulture: 



May 27, 1911 



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A. N. PIERSON, Inc. 



CROMWELL, CONN. 



COLEUS 



Verschaffeltii, Firebrand, Golden Queen, Lord 



Palmerston, Queen Victoria, Beckwith's Gem, 



Golden Bedder, Hero, Messy. 

 A very fine assortment of twelve kinds not listed 



above. 

 All of the above out ot 2% -inch pots: $2.50 per 



100. $20 per 1000. 



AGERATUM 



214-infh pots, $2.50 per 100, .$20.00 per 1000. 



SALVIA 



S. Splendens, S. Bonfire, S. Zurich, S. Schenley, 

 Boule de Feu. Out of 2y2-inch pots, $2.50 per 

 100, $20.00 per 1000. 



CANNAS 



A very fine assortment of the best varieties, nice 

 growing stock from 3-inch pots, of the fol- 

 lowing varieties: 



Wyoming, Florence Vaughan, Gladiator, Pres. 

 McKinley, Louisiana, Buttercup, Queen Char- 

 lotte. 



From 3-inch pots, $1.00 per dozen, $6.00 per 

 100. 



BEGONIAS 



Glorie de Lorraine, ready now, 214-inch pots, 

 $12.00 per 100, $110.00 per 1000. For prices 

 on quantity write for quotations. 



Begonia Prima Donna, fine pink flower, especially 

 good for outdoor bedding, from 2-inch pots, 

 $4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1000; 2y2-inch pots, 

 $5.00 per 100, $45.00 per 1000; 3-inch pots, 

 $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000. Ready for im- 

 mediate shipment. 



GARDEN ROSES 



Owing to the call for well established Roses from 

 large pots that will be ready to give immedi- 

 ate results from garden planting, we have ar- 

 ranged to have ready for May delivery a fine 

 assortment of the best varieties for the 

 purpose. 



Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Richmond, Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward, Killarney, Pink Cochet, White Cochet, 

 White Killarney, Enchanter. 



Prices: 50 cents each, $5.00 per dozen, $35.00 

 per 100. 



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PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Notice changed date (June 8-9) for 

 exhibition of American Peony Society 

 In announcement in another column. 



Among the pioneers of the early- 

 closing movement in this city have 

 been Wanamaker, Pennock-Meehan 

 and Rice. The announcement comes 

 again this year that during June, July 

 and August the closing hour will be 

 5 p. m., daily, and 1 p. m., Saturdays — 

 for these firms. We hope to see the 

 late-closing ones take their courage In 

 their hands and give their help a 

 much-needed respite during the hot 

 months. They won't really lose any- 

 thing in the long run. Shorter hours 

 are the order of the day for all of us — ■ 

 except the newspaper man. 



Our distinguished friend, P. Joseph 

 Lynch, was in Philadelphia recently 

 arranging for supplies for the new ad- 

 dition to the Heller Bros.' establish- 

 ment at New Castle, Ind. The new 

 plant will cover nine acres and the ini- 

 tial erection of glass will cover some 

 100,000 square feet. The first two 

 carloads of glass for this enterprise 

 has been already shipped by our hust- 

 ling glass manufacturer and fellow 

 member of the Florists' Club of Phila- 

 delphia, Edward H. Flood. From what 

 we can gather the glass contract was 

 placed at an unprecedentedly low fig- 

 ure. Those who want to get in on the 

 glass proposition had better hurry up. 

 It is selling away below cost yet, but 

 that will not last long. The manu- 

 facturers are getting their wind again 

 since the Supreme Court decision and 

 the business will soon be back on a 

 business basis. So our building 

 friends had better take time by the 

 forelock. 



The report which has been circulat- 

 ing around for many months that C. 0. 

 Trepel, who has made a success of 

 flower and plant selling in the de- 

 partment stores of Manhattan and 

 Brooklyn, is to open up with one of 

 our big firms here (presumably Gim- 

 bel Bros.), seems to be well founded, 

 and we look tor developments. FVom 

 what we have heard we believe Mr. 

 Trepel is the man to show us Phila- 

 delphians the way. It is usually the 

 other way about. When something 

 had to be done in New York — it took 

 a Philadelphian to show them. We 

 hope the rumor is true. It will not 

 hurt the retailers. It will only en- 

 large the market. That's what we 

 want. Bigger market, so we can put 

 up more glass. All the growers say 

 so. After we have put up more glass, 

 of course, we can increase our prices 

 for our product ou account of the 

 enlarged market. The thing is as 

 simple as A B C — more market; more 

 glass; more flowers; bigger price! 



But, joking aside, the enlargement 

 of the selling market is really a seri- 

 ous thing, and from whatever direc- 

 tion it comes it is welcome, even if 

 it only proves a temporary relief. You 

 may make up your minds to one thing, 

 however, the department stores are 

 going to get all the immediate profit 

 — and the growers will take just 

 what's coming to them, and no more. 

 The growers are not merchants yet. 

 About forty million years from now 

 we may look for that kind of a de- 

 velopment. Rome wasn't built in a 

 day. But we're progressing. The 

 Chicago wholesalers are offering to 

 gamble now. 



Visitors: George Carson Boyd, Wil- 



mington, Del.; E. W. King, Coggle- 

 shall, Essex, England; P. J. CuUen, 

 Witham, England. 



DETROtT NOTES. 



Ed. Bleil, who with Miss Hattie 

 Hobzhauer started "The Flower Shop" 

 last fall, has severed his connection 

 with this concern. 



Tuesday, May 22nd, is Flower Day 

 at Breitmeyer's. Society ladies will 

 do the selling and the proceeds are 

 for the benefit of the Tuberculosis 

 Hospital. 



In view of the coming flower show 

 and In anticipation of other notable 

 events in the florist line next winter, 

 J. F. Sullivan, for many years the 

 best club's secretary, is now being 

 urged to serve as our next president. 



Very disquieting news came from 

 the sick room ot Mrs. J. F. Sullivan 

 last week, when it was reported that 

 her recent auto accident had caused 

 internal injuries and an operation was 

 necessary. Still, after two days of 

 anxious waiting things began to mend 

 and as proofs of sincere sympathy 

 were first coming to Mr. Sullivan so 

 are now joyous wishes of speedy and 

 complete recovery extended. 



INCORPORATED. 



Chicago, III. — W. E. Lynch Co., gen- 

 eral fiorist business, capital stock $20,- 

 000. Incorporators, Andrew J. Ryan, 

 Edward J. Prebis, Irvin Livingston. 



Des Moines, Iowa — The Perry Nur- 

 sery Co., capital stock $10,000. Incor- 

 porators, E. F. Edmondson, 0. E. Wil- 

 son, S. M. Edmondson, E. B. Wilson 

 and Ralph Edmondson. 



