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HOETICULTUEE 



December 19, 1914 



Compliments of the 

 Season 



Horticulture Publishing Co: 



Gentlemen — HORTICULTURE has 

 just reached my desk, and I want to 

 congratulate you on the appearance of 

 this Christmas number, and to thank 

 you for the splendid manner in which 

 you handled our page advertisement. 

 It is beautifully set, and in every way 

 most satisfactory. 



Very truly yours, 



W. F. THERKILDSON, 

 Adv. Mgr., W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 

 Phila., Pa.. Dec. 14, 1914. 



Editor of HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir: You certainly are to be 

 congratulated on your "tenth birth- 

 day," in fact you are to be congratu- 

 lated every day of your existence as 

 the editor of HORTICULTURE. 



HORTICULTURE, to my mind, oc- 

 cupies a unique position among our 

 trade papers, and I believe every flor- 

 ist in the United States would be just 

 a little better fitted for his business if 

 he were a regular reader of its cultural 

 articles and its editorials as well as 

 the occasional "flights" of G. C. W. 



Wishing you the success you de- 

 serve. I am, Respectfully yours. 



ALBERT M. HERR. 



Lancaster, Pa.. Dec. 11. 1914. 



Mr. W. J. Stewart. 

 11 Hamilton Place, 

 Boston. Mass. 

 Dear Mr. Stewart: I congratulate 

 you on the completion of the ten years 

 of HORTICULTURE. They have been 

 ten good years and you have given 

 good service in them. I hope that the 

 journal will continue to keep us in 

 touch with the horticultural interests. 

 Yours with best wishes, 



L. H. BAILEY. 

 Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1914. 



COVER ILLUSTRATION. 



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 Special exhibitions of flowers in sea- 

 son are held in this section. Under 

 ordinary conditions all make-up work 

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 establishment, so that only the fin- 

 ished products are to be seen here. 



Rugs and carpets, writing tables 

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 and refined appearance. 



Patrons are always Invited to make 

 this room their resting places and ren- 

 dezvous when in town. Wood carv- 

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 flowers, and containers are in perfect 

 harmony with the other artistic fur- 

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VISITORS' REGISTER. 



St. Paul, Minn.— Phil. J. Fole.v, Chi- 

 cago; Mr. Kohlbrand, Chicago; Mr. 

 Kindler, St. Cloud. .Minn. 



Buffalo — C. iM. Ford, New York; 

 E. J. Fancourt, representing S. S. Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 W. P. Craig, Philadelphia. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Mr. and Mrs. 

 Hildebrecht, Harrisburg, Pa.; T. Mal- 

 brane, .Johnstown, Pa.; W. F. Gude, 

 Adolphus Gude and George H. Cooke, 

 Washington, D. C; G. W. Simonds, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Cincinnati — Sam Seligman of Werth- 

 heinier Bros., New York City; Juilus 

 Dilhoff of Schloss Bros., New York 

 City: F. W. Romer, representing F. R. 

 & P. M. I'ierson, Scarborough, N. Y.: 

 Mrs. .Johnston, .Middlotown, Ohio. 



Washington— C. Albert Small. New 

 York; William P. Craig, Philadelphia; 

 Edward Reid, Phila.; Roman J. Irwin. 

 New York; J. W. Grandy, Norfolk, 

 Va.; J. W. Gregg, Virginia Nursery 

 Co., Inc.. Purcellville, Va. ; E. H. Flood, 

 with Johnston Glass Co., Philadelphia. 



Chicago — John H. Bockman, repre- 

 senting Chas. Schwake & Co., New 

 York; Arthur R. Leidiger of the Edef- 

 sen-Leidiger Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; A. 

 Schutz, Hammond, Jnd.; H. Wendel, 

 Crown Point, Ind.; S. S. Skidelsky. 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Edw. Amerpohl, 

 Janesville, Wis.; A. McAdams, Mel- 

 borne, Fla.; Blain Wilcox, Council 

 Bluffs, Ja.; Frank Gorly, St. Louis, 

 Mo.; A. C. Brown, Springfield, 111. 



New York City— Dr. AV. A. Row- 

 lands, Utica, N. Y.: Thos. Roland, Na- 

 hant. Mass.; Wm. R. Nicholson, Frani- 



ingham, Mass.; F. J. Dolansky, Lynn, 

 .Mass.; Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, 

 Conn.: Benj. Hammond, Beacon, N. 

 Y.; F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y.; 

 Robt. Pyle. West Grove, Pa.; S. S. 

 Pen nock, Philadelphia, Pa.; L. J. 

 Renter, Westerly, R. I.; W. J. Stew- 

 art. Boston; Mr. and Mrs. B.- Ham- 

 mond Tracy, Wenham, Mass.; P. Don- 

 ohue, Boston, 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Lenox Horticultural Society at 

 its meeting on Dec. 5 voted to change 

 the time of its meeting from the first 

 Saturday to the second Wednesday 

 night in each month. 



The Chicago Florists' Club at its 

 meeting on Dec. 10th elected new of- 

 ficers as follows: W. J. Keimel, 

 president; Jas. Morton, vice-presi- 

 dent; Guy W. French, secretary; Paul 

 Klingsporn, treasurer; 0. L. Wash- 

 burn, trustee. 



Ladies' Night at the Sherman House 

 on Dec. 11. proved a very happy occa- 

 sion. About fifty couples danced in 

 the crystal ballroom and also enjoyed 

 a program, the central attraction of 

 which was the new dances by Virginia 

 Poehlmann. As she and her partner 

 performed them, they were very pretty 

 and enjoyed by all. Wm. Milander con- 

 tributed to the occasion by giving sev- 

 eral recitations and Edward Hunt by 

 singing. A buffet luncheon was served. 

 The party broke up at midnight and all 

 declared it one of the best ever given 

 by the club. 



