-May 5, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



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AFTER EASTER 



Weddings = Mothers' Day == Memorial Day 



Fill up your Show Cases and Shelves with another nice stock of Bayersdorfer 

 Baskets and other Seasonable Supplies. We have splendid novelties and all the 

 standard goods in endless variety, Home Manufacture and Imported. 



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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 

 Insporters 



1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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NEW YORK. 



R. M. Ward is on his way to Japan 

 and expects to be away for six months 

 or longer. 



Smith & Hemenway Co., Inc., have 

 removed to Irvington. N. Y. They 

 will have a local sales office at 261 

 Broadway. 



The International Garden Club is 

 planning for a fete to take place May 

 12 at Pelham Bay Park. Provision 

 will be made for flower and plant ex- 

 hibits. 



The New York Herald recently de- 

 voted quite a portion of the priceless 

 space on its front page to the tale of 

 a nursery firm in Dansville. N. Y., 

 which offers 200,000 fruit at the bar- 

 gain price of 10 cents apiece to the 

 people. Some 113 nursery firms are 

 listed in Dansville in the latest trade 

 directory but none of them under the 

 name so munificently advertised by 

 the N. Y. Herald, so "the mystery 

 deepens." 



ficiency in the rainfall in this section 

 since January 1 of 2.95 inches as com- 

 pared with the normal rainfall. The 

 cherry trees, usually in full bloom 

 May 1 are still bare and with several 

 inches of snow blanketing parts of our 

 neighboring states — Maine and New 

 Hampshire on :May day, the spring 

 of 1917 seems quite determined to 

 hold on to its record of a cold and 

 late season. 



BOSTON. 



The bill to authorize the incorpora- 

 tion, without capital stock, of agricul- 

 tural and horticultural organizations 

 was ordered to a third reading, 15 to 

 5. in the Massachusetts Senate. 



The first consignment of potatoes to 

 plant the gardens in Frank'in Park, 

 being conducted under the direction of 

 city officials, has arrived in Boston. 

 Large automobile trucks on hand at 

 the North station freight yards car- 

 ried the 700 bushels to the park for 

 distribution. 



"No expensive dresses for sweet girl 

 graduates will be noted at the Cam- 

 bridge school commencements this 

 year, according to Suiierinte-.ident of 

 Schools Fitzgerald. The presentation 

 of flowers will also be deleted from 

 the graduation exercises, and the pro- 

 gramme itself will be limited to pa- 

 triotic numbers. This action has been 

 taken because of the war and the 

 necessity of practising strict economy." 



It is computed that there was a de- 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Mrs. E. C. Armbrust has returned 

 from New Britain, Conn. 



Dewey Lester is again with the 

 Rochester Floral Co. 



James Vick & Sons Seed Co. report 

 an enormous demand for vegetable 

 seeds. 



Highland Park Conservatory has a 

 wonderful display of cinerarias, genis- 

 tas, etc., which attracts a large num- 

 ber of visitors. 



Seth T. Bush, president of the New- 

 York Horticultural Society, has been 

 appointed director of the food supply 

 and machinery control of New York 

 state. 



J. B. Keller Sons have a pretty table 

 decoration in their store, including a 

 fountain and table novelties. Edwin 

 C. Kaelber, Inc., are displaying some 

 very fine varieties of Japanese iris. 



Florists visiting or passing through 

 Buffalo will now have another irre- 

 sistible incentive for staying a while, in 

 the new store of W. J. Palmer & Son 

 on Delaware avenue. It is a shining 

 example of up-to-the-minute flower 

 store equipment. With an area of 30 x 

 100 ft. floor space, supplemented by a 

 25 X 75 ft. conservatory with fountain 

 and basin and every luxury and finish 

 in equipment that liberality and in- 

 genuity can possibly devise. Mr. Palm- 

 er has in this latest achievement add- 

 ed another lustrous page to the his- 

 tory of the good old house established 

 by his father and so worthily contin- 

 ued by himself. W. H. Grever will 

 have charge of the new store. 



Flower Mark et Reports 



There has been a 

 ROCHESTER considerable slump 

 in business this 

 week and trade is very quiet. Bright 

 weather has brought along a great 

 quantity of stock and prices are uni- 

 formly low with many sacrifice sales 

 made in order to clear stock. Not- 

 withstanding the general complaint of 

 the high cost of living, roses and car- 

 nations are holding up well. The 

 quality of the carnations is good. 

 Bulbous stock is plentiful and includes 

 some very good Darwin tulips. Fine 

 hydrangeas are on the market and sell 

 well. Bedding stock is moving slowly. 

 The beautiful long spiked snapdragons 

 sent in by David Scott of Corfu are 

 very popular and sell quickly. Calen- 

 dulas and mignonette are also very 

 good. 



There was an over- 

 WASHINGTON supply last week 

 and prices on 

 some things dropped very materially. 

 Roses, however, tightened up and 

 prices on these jumped. The sale of 

 orchids and lily of the valley has con- 

 tinued good. Lilies and gladioli can- 

 not be moved. Some very good Spanish 

 iris have sold well. Peonies in several 

 varieties have already made their ap- 

 pearance, and because of their new ar- 

 rival do not remain in the wholesale 

 houses long. Business in both the 

 wholesale and retail establishments 

 has continued good, the cold weather 

 being a great help. 



{Cotttinued on pa^f JOj) 



With the slogan: "Help Your Coun- 

 try — Raise Your Own Crops," Governor 

 Beeckman has launched again his suc- 

 cessful prize garden contest for the 

 mill villages of Rhode Island, in which 

 he offers three prizes to be awarded 

 during the fall of the year. The 

 prizes are divided into three classes. 

 For village improvement, a flag and 

 flagpole are offered; for a home gar- 

 den, a flrst prize of a silver cup and 

 $10 and a second prize of $5: for a 

 vegetable garden, the same. 



