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HORTICULTURE 



Sopteniber 22, 1917 



BOSTON. 



P. L. Carlxmo. who has b»eii in Italy 

 slnco last Jnniinry, la expected home 

 about October 1. 



H. K. Hackcl and Henry Sllvey, em- 

 ployes of M. M. Kohinson & Co.. have 

 both "joined the colors." 



S. G. Smith, who has been mnnag- 

 Idb Carbone's Hyannis business, has 

 enlisted In the lirlli.'sh army. 



Patrick Welch, pioneer commission 

 florist in Boston, will round out forty 

 years In the wholesale flower business 

 on October 10. 



The annual dinner of Carbone's Co- 

 operative Club was held at the Thorn- 

 dike hotel on Saturday evening, Sep- 

 tember 8. Retween forty and fifty 

 participated and it .was a very en- 

 joyable affair. 



Peter M. Miller is about to take a 

 two-weeks vacation, first to Newport 

 and then to Bar Harbor by auto. Mrs. 

 Miller will be the guest of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Andrew Dorward at Newport dur- 

 ing Mr. Miller's absence. 



Mr. and Mrs. Thomas .T. Grey have 

 returned from an e.xtended vacation 

 in the Adirondacks and Cape Cod, 

 and we regret to learn that both of 

 them, Mr. Grey in particular, were 

 sick during most of the time. 



The project to install a rose garden 

 in the Arnold Arboretum as favored 

 by Professor Sargent, appears to 

 meet with much popular approval. If 

 undertaken, the garden will be the 

 most complete and elaborate in this 

 country. 



It is estimated that in the school 

 children's gardens in Franklin Park 

 alone over 6,000 quarts of Boston 

 beans and 2,000 bushels of potatoes 

 'will be harvested this fall, which in- 

 dicates that the project has been a 

 success. 



We saw a shipment of lily of the 

 valley this week at P. V.'elch's which 

 was a striking reminder of the old- 

 time quality but which has been to- 

 tally absent from all markets for the 

 past year or more. It was grown by 

 Carl Jurgens of Newport and well 

 worth the price set on it, $10 per 100. 



The Boston Mycological Club, has 

 exhibits every Monday at the Food 

 Facts Bureau, 69 Bedford street, with 

 experts in attendance who will tell 

 inquirers whether or not certain kinds 

 are edible. The exhibit is held from 

 12 until .•? o'clock in the afternoon. 

 Edible and poisonous mushrooms will 

 be exhibited and the difterences will 

 be shown at each meeting. 



The Park Commission has appropri- 

 ated the sum of ?25,0C0 from the 

 Parkman fund for the re-arrangement 

 and replanting of the borders of the 

 parkway between Franklin Park and 

 the Fenway. The fine red oaks planted 

 by the late J. A. Pettigrew have at- 



CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 



Advertisements in this Department, Ten Cents a Line, Net 



III I.IIH 



C. Ki:t K A .S(1NS. IIII.I.i:<;nM. Ilollnnd. 



Bull» of iill <li'ii<'rl|<tl"iiii. \VrlI<' for price!. 



NEW VUIIK HKANCH, 810 Hrlilgc St. 



C.*KN.*TION I'LANTK 



CAUNATIONS— Ilnrry Ki-nii iiiiil I.iiwgon, 

 fTiOii (MT 1i«i Whli>- niol I'liik lOiK-hiintreaa, 



I'l - n iiiT 100. Cuub. 



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TAKNATION STAPLKH 



Spilt cnniiitlona quickly, eaalljr and 

 clieoply iiipuilcd. I'lllaliury'a CaroatloD 

 Staple. 1000 for nr,c. ; :tOOIP for $1.00 poat- 

 palU. I. L. I'lLLSUUBY, Guleaburg, lU. 



DAHUAS 



Peony Dablla Mra. Frederick Orlnnell. 



Stock For Sale. 



JOHN P. BOONEY, New Bedford, Maaa. 



Ordera booked nt any time for Fall or 

 Sprlne dpUvcry. Wholesale and Retail. 

 Send for CiitnloK. NOKTIIIiORO DAHLIA 

 & GLADIOLUS GARDENS, J. L. Moore, 

 Prop., Northboro, Moaa. 



(■old llHlt. iKjtiurluiit tilaiitH, ■nulla, caa- 

 tti'H, kIoIx-h, ufiiiiirltiin. tiah Kooda, nela, 

 <tr., wliuli-nule. KRANKI,IN IIAKRKTT, 

 i llreedi'r, isir, D St.. Ulney, riilladclphll. 

 To. l.iiTK'' lireedliig pulra for aulc. BcDa 

 for price Hal. 



I'F.OMES 

 PeoDlea. The world'a greatctt eollaetlon, 

 1200 aorta Send (or llit. C. BBTBCHBB, 

 Canal Dorer, O. 



R08EB 



Rosea, Cannaa and Sbmbi. TQB 

 CONABD * JONES COUPANX, WMt 

 Grove, Pa. 



SPIIAGNt'M MOBS 

 Lire Sphagnum moaa, orcbld peat and 



orchid baaketa alwaya on band 

 & BTCBBELL. Summit, N. J. 



LAOBB 



New Pneony Dahlia— John Wnnamaker, 

 Neweat, Uandsomeat, Heat. New color, new 

 form and new habit of growth. Big atock 

 of best cut-llower ynrletlea. Send Hat of 

 wanta to PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS, 

 Berlin, N. J. 



GLASS 



Greenbouee ginaa, loweat prices. JOHN- 

 STON GLASS CO.. Hartford Clfy, Ind. 



VKGKTAItl.K l'I..\.\T8 



PARSLEY PLANTS, triple curled, 75c. 

 hundred; $A.M thouaiind. Also Rruaacla 

 Sprouts. Littuce, Holt's Mammoth Suge, 

 Uhubnrh. Aspnra^rus I'liints. Catalogue 

 free. HARRY D. SQUIRES, Good Ground, 

 New York. 



VINES 



Flowering and Foliage Vlnea, choice 

 collection. Large Specimen, Pot and Tnb 

 trown for Immediate effect; also Climbing 

 Rosea. J. H. TROY, Mount Ulssarllk Nur- 

 sery, New Rocbelle, N. Y. 



WIRK WORK 

 WILLIAM K. HEILSCHER'S WIRB 

 WORKS. 264 Randolph St., Detroit, Mlcb. 



tained such size that the shrujjbery 

 under and between them, now over- 

 grown and superfluous, will all be re- 

 moved and some low ground cover, as 

 Xanthorhiza, will be planted. This 

 will be a great improvement. 



trade. That "publicity campaign" 

 cannot get under way any too soon. 



NEW YORK. 



All are glad to see W. P. Ford back 

 in his office again, after his experi- 

 ence in the hospital. 



Charles L. Bartlett succeeds Rich- 

 ard Webber in the florist business at 

 413 E. Tremont avenue, Bronx. 



Geo. L. Stilln/an has been making 

 a display of dahlia blooms in the 

 store windows of Alex. McConnell 

 which has attracted much attention. 



The directors of the New York 

 Cut Flower Kxchange will hold their 

 autumn ineeling on Saturday, October 

 6, at No. 1 Queensboro Plaza, Long 

 Island City. 



D. G. Wjegand Bruss, who has been 

 in the United States on a business 

 tour for several weeks, sailed for 

 home on the S. S. Nieu Amsterdam, 

 Thursday, September 20. 



Two greenhouses to cost $100,000 

 will be erected for the botanical gar- 

 den in Bronx Park. One of these will 

 be 49x170 feet and the other 30x106 

 feet. Plans are by Brinley & Hol- 

 brook, architects. 



Practically all vacationists are now 

 home again and on deck — proprietors, 

 clerks, chauffeurs and errand boys. 

 All that is needed now to make life 

 one sweet song. In wholesale and re- 

 tail circles alike, is a stirring up of 



ST. LOUIS. 

 The St. Louis Florist Club held Its 

 meeting on Sept. 20 with Wm. Denker 

 at St. Charles. 



August Hummert, with the St. Louis 

 Seed Co., is on the committee for the 

 National Flower Show. 



George Boerner, for nine years with 

 the late Alex Siegel in the floral de- 

 partment at Wolf-Wilson Drug Co., who 

 has started in business for himself 

 is a young man with good knowledge 

 of the florist biisiness. He is assisted 

 by his sister who has also had good 

 experience. 



WilNTS, FDR SAl£, ETC. 



.4(1 vert iNrnicntH in this column 

 Ten Cent§ a, Une. Cahli with order. 

 AM rorrenpondence udttreHNed "Care 

 IIOKTICILTI KE" Hhnnld be sent 



til II" ."*niniinT St.. ltf**tton. 



HELP WANTED 



WANTED — Experienced greenhouse man 

 for general line of pot plants and cut 

 flowers. .State wages wanted and give 

 references. Address DEAN &. COPELAND, 

 Dedham, Mass. 



WANTED— A clerk, either man or 

 woman. In a llrst class retail flower store, 

 suburb of Boston. Must be an experienced 

 salesman and have good taste In the ar- 

 rangement of flowers. References required. 

 Address "F. E. P.," care HORTICrLTURE. 



