December 12. 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



853 



GEORGE C. SIEBRECHT 



109 W. 28th St. 



Wholesale Florist 



Telephones 608 and 609 Mad. Sq. 



NEW YORK 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



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UNLIMITED IN QUANTITY-UNEQUALLED IN QUALITY 



And a full line of CARNATIONS, LILIES, ROSES, 



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IVI. 



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 Valley, Lilies, etc. The Entire Cut of 200,000 Carnation Plants 



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121 

 West 28th St. 



I\IE\A/ YORK 



Tel. 3870-3871 

 Mad. Sq. 



Personal 



Arthur C. Ruzicka has taken the 

 position of head gardener, in charge 

 of the estate of C. Oliver Iselin, 

 Glenhead, N. Y. 



Chester I. Campbell, who will be 

 remembered as the efficient manager 

 of the Boston National Flower Show, 

 has been elected mayor of the city of 

 Quincy, Mass., by a big majority. 



George F. Chadborn. president and 

 manager of Schaefer's Inc., was 

 stricken in New York City December 

 3d. and taken to the Lincoln Hospital 

 on 141st street. The exact circum- 

 stances have not been learned. Mrs. 

 Chadborn. who was with him at the 

 time, hopes that he will be so far re- 

 covered as to be able to return to 

 Newburgh in a few days. 



houses well worthy of a visit now. 

 Among the things seldom seen else- 

 where are the speciosum rubrum lilies 

 blooming gayly for Christmas and the 

 standard heliotropes, the rich fra- 

 grance of which permeates the entire 

 neighborhood. 



At the annual meeting of the Pater- 

 soji (N. J.) Horticultural society held 

 Tuesday evening Dec. 2, at the Y. M. 

 C. A. the following officers were elect- 

 ed for the ensuing year: President, 

 Joseph Ackerman ; vice-president. Dr. 

 Thomas Moore; recording secretary, 

 Sebastian Hubschmidt; financial sec- 

 retary, Francis Bredder; treasurer, 

 Hugh Clark. In the monthly competi- 

 tion the award went to F. Milne of 

 Totowa, who showed a magnificent 

 vase of carnations. 



During Recess 



N. y. Florists' Bowling Club, Thurs- 

 day, Dec. 2. 



1st 2n<l 

 Guiue Game 

 J . Miesem 209 218 



•[ ';f",''''J' IS'* 187 



A. Kakuda 172 j.-pO 



A. .1. Guttman '.'. 144 138 



H. C. Kiedcl 1.50 IBl 



f. W. Scott l(i!) i(i8 



P. .lacohsoii 143 137 



W. P. Ford 102 181 



The annual dinner of the Oyster 

 Bay (N. Y.) Horticultural Society will 

 take place at the Oyster Bay Inn on 

 Thursday evening, Dec. 17. It will be 

 a beefsteak dinner. Floral decorations 

 and music will be special features. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Akron, N. Y. — \Vm. F. Kasting has 

 purchased the Newman Greenhouse. 



N. Milwaukee, Wis. — The Eschrich 

 Floral & Nursery Co. has purchased 

 the business of the Sunny Point Floral 

 Co. 



Mountain View, Cal. — Wilkius, East 

 & Co. have started in the nursery busi- 

 ness here, and have opened an office 

 I'n San Francisco. 



Waverly, Mass. — Poinsettias in 

 "serried ranks." beauteous I.orrain-JS 

 and Cincinnatis. countless a^^aleas in 

 the brightest colors and all the other 

 stock for which the W. W. Edgar have 

 established a reputation make their 



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