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HORTICULTURE 



AprU 16, 1916 



FOR 



Easter and Spring Trade 



THE FINEST OF LILIES 



Callas; Frame Valley; Tulips in Great 

 Variety; Golden Spur, Victoria and 

 Emperor Narcissus; Ward, Matchless 

 and Enchantress Supreme Carnations; 

 Domestic Asparagus 



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Wholesale Florist 

 5-tH S-t., NENA/ YORK Ol 



Business Telephone, FARRAGUT 5243 Residence Telephone, NEWTOWN 345 J 



er & Son; 2(1, C. F. Cbristcnson; 3cl. Krio 

 Floral Co. I'iftv wbite : 1st, W. J. Palm- 

 er & Son; 2(1. C. V. Chrlstensen; 3(1, Krle 

 Floral Co. Fifty red: 1st, W. J. Palmer 

 & Son; 2(1, C. F. Chrlstensen; ."id. John 

 Prelsach, Corfu, N. Y. Fifty light pink: 

 1st, David Scott; 2d, Erie Floral Co.; 3d, 

 W. J. Palmer & Son. Mixed: 1st, W. J. 

 Palmer & Son; 2d. C. T. Guenther. 



Roses— Pink Killarney: 1st W. J. Palm- 

 er & Son; 2d, Erie Floral Co.; 3d, C. T. 

 Guenther. White Killarney: 1st, W. J. 

 Palmer & Son; 2d, Erie Floral Co.; 3d, C. 

 T. Guenther. Ophelia : 1st, W. J. Palmer 

 & Son ; 2d. Eric Floral Co. Twenty-five 

 red. 25 mixed and 25 Bonsilene: W. J. 

 Palmer & Son. 1st in each class. 



Snapdragon— 1st. \V. J. Palmer & Son; 

 2d. L C. St rob, Batavla, N. Y.; 3d, David 

 Scott. 



BOSTON, 



Julius Zinn, .Jr., known to Ills friends 

 as "Brother," has moved with his wife 

 and family to Scituate. He intends to 

 follow the Copper King's example and 

 name his estate Dreamwold II. 



Elliott Filson, salesman for Peirce 

 Bros., Waltham, personally confirms 

 the rumor that he is to be married di- 

 rectly after Easter, but is extremely 

 reticent regarding the full particulars. 



B. A. Snyder & Co. have had the 

 good fortune to secure the services of 

 Wilbur Osgood, formerly with P. 

 Welch. Mr. Osgood Is an old member 

 of the trade and is well known In 

 Boston. 



Miss Fannie Taylor is now in the 

 employ of Houghton, Goruey Co., and 

 invites her friends to visit her at any 

 time. Miss Taylor was formerly in 

 business for herself in Melrose but 

 was forced to retire by a severe ill- 

 ness. 



A strike of the workmen, largely 

 foreigners, in the nurseries of the 



American Forestry Company at West 

 Natick caused considerable trouble on 

 Tuesday of this week and a police 

 guard was placed to protect tlie prop- 

 erty. 



What was pronounced by all behold- 

 ers to be the most beautiful specimen 

 Acacia pubescens they had ever seen 

 was sold by the W. W. Edgar Company 

 to D. MacRorie of San Francisco for 

 i$300. Mr. MacRorie made the trip 

 from New York to Boston specially 

 to see tlie plant. 



Some unusually long-stemmed irises 



are to be seen in the market on the 

 bench of W. B. Southworth. Stoughton. 

 One stem when measured proved to 

 be nearly 45 inches and the others 

 were not appreciably shorter. On in- 

 quiry, the name of this variety proved 

 to be the old stand by, "King of the 

 Blues." 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 held its regular meeting at the Parker 

 House on Wednesday evening, April 

 12. Col. W. W. Castle. W. E. Fischer 

 and E. A. Bause of Cleveland, were 

 guests. The table was beautifully 



For Easter 



Spencer Sweet Peas, Daffodils, Pansies, 



Forgetmenots, Single Violets, Corn Flowers, 



Smilaxand other Easter Flowers and Greens. 



All of Select Quality. 



HERMAN WEISS, 1II6 West 28th St., New York 



Wholesale Commission Florist 



Telephones, Farragut 6.'{4 and .1066 



