March 10, 1917 



HORTICULTUKE 



313 



You Will Get the Easter Orders 



IF YOU HAVE THE GOODS THE CUSTOMERS WANT 



If Not — Your Competitor Will Get the Business 



THE GOODS WE OFFER YOU WILL PLEASE THEM FOR THEY ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD 



We have splendid novelties and all the standard goods in endless variety, Home Man- 

 ufacture and Imported. Stock up now and have the goods to show customers. Send 

 for catalogue and prices and see how much you can do with a little money when 

 you go straight to headquarters — The Florists' Supply House of America. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and 

 Importers 



1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Write for 

 Catalogue 



The show will open at 2 P. M., Tues- 

 day, March 20th. 



Staging must be finished by 12 

 o'clock noon each day. 



Exhibits of Commercial Cut Roses 

 and Plants to be staged on the 20th. 



Exhibits of Non-commercial Cut 

 Roses to be staged on the 21st. 



Class 220 is for Display of Cut Roses 

 by commercial growers, to be staged 

 Thursday, 22nd, covering 200 square 

 feet of space, and to contain not less 

 than 500 nor more than 1,000 blooms. 



First prize, $250; second, $150: 

 third, $100. 



In addition to the above cash prizes, 

 a gold medal, value $50.00. is offered 

 by Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, as 

 an extra on the first; and by the Tor- 

 onto Horticultural Society, a silver 

 and a bronze medal on the second and 

 third. 



The annual meeting of the society 

 will be held in the Bellevue-Stratford 

 Hotel on Wednesday, March 21st, at 

 9.30 A. M. 



AZALEA GROWING IN CALIFORNIA 



PITTSBURGH. 



Dr. Otto C. Jennings and Dr. Cogge- 

 shall lectured at the banquet of the 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club on "The 

 Cliff Dwellers of the Colorado and Rio 

 Grande," "Bulbs and Bulb Flowers" 

 was the subject of the meeting proper. 



Beginning next Jlonday the A. W. 

 Smith Co. will have a display of land- 

 scape rendering through the medium 

 of water colors and sketches at the 

 Keenan building. Ralph H. Pinner is 

 director of the landscape department. 



One of the most attractive flower 

 shops on the North Side is that of Al- 

 bert Brigg at 904 Federal street in 

 which he is assisted by Mrs. Brigg and 

 Miss Grace Dryden. Prior to starting 

 independently in business last Septem- 

 ber Mr. Brigg was an employee of the 

 A. W. Smith Co. 



In urging the promotion of the culti- 

 vation of flowers the Post has the fol- 

 lowing: "When it comes to flower rais- 

 ing some of the mill men of the south 

 side and other manufacturing sections 

 can give some valuable advice. They 

 have made attractive spots where it 

 was thought impossible to produce 

 grass and flowers" 



The accompanying picture shows 

 one of the great slat houses, covering 

 three acres of ground and used for 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



William A. Barber, who was in 

 charge of the Ninth St. store of Fred 

 H. Kramer on Inauguration Day, was 

 the victim of two unidentified men 

 who, after hitting him on the head 

 with a piece of lead pipe, robbed the 

 store of $36. 



An examination for the position of 

 division park foreman has been an- 

 nounced by the U. S. Civil Service 

 Com.mission, to be held on March 24. 

 Applicants must have had at least 

 five years practical experience as 

 trained gardeners and have been in 

 charge of men engaged in the improve- 

 ment, care and maintenance of parks. 



.March 20 is the date set by Miss 

 Louise Daugherty and George Gould- 

 man for the opening of the new florist 

 store at Connecticut Ave. and N street, 

 N. W. Both Miss Daugherty and Mr. 



wintering azaleas at Cottage Gardens 

 Co.'s farms at Eureka, Cal. These slat 

 houses are heated by steam pipes and 

 a huge oil-burning boiler. 



Gouldman have been connected with 

 the store of George C. Shaffer. Wil- 

 liam J. Gait, who has been employed 

 at the store of George C. Shaffer for 

 some months, has returned to Phila- 

 delphia on account of the illness of 

 his wife. 



DETROIT. 



We regret to report the misfortune 

 which befell one of Detroit's promi- 

 nent florists, Frank Holznagel, whose 

 entire plant was gutted by fire, the 

 early part of last week. The fire, 

 starting in the garage, burned three 

 cars and left the place in ruins. The 

 loss is only in small part covered by 

 insurance. 



Cincinnati.— Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Gil- 

 lett have returned from Florida. 

 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peterson spent 

 the past several weeks on a sight-see- 

 ing trip. 



