March 13, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



347 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS 



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St. Patrick's Novelties — High Hats for Shamrocks 



£R BASKETS NONA/ IRE:A.DY 



HANDLE BASKETS With Liners TUMBLER BASKETS 



CYCAS LEAVES, Best in the World MAGNOLIA LEAVES 



WHEAT SHEAVES, CREPE PAPER AND MATS CREPE FLOWERS 



HnA%#FDCr\/\DCrFD fi. f^f\ The Florists' Supply 1129 ^Vrch St., 



. tSATtlfdUvltir tif OC \#\/-y House of America PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



TWO TABLE DECORATIONS OF SIMPLE DESIGN. 



Centerpiet-e of sweet 



peas :mii Barberton 

 .lamesonii). 



daisies (Gerbera 



Basket decoration. Baskets filled with sweet peas, pansies 

 and Adiantiim Farleyense. 



The two illustrations herewith tell their own story. They are examples of extreme simplicity in detail and good 

 taste in color combination, by Max Schling of New York. The Gerberas, in their various shades of scarlet, vermilion 

 and orange are worthy of a larger use by the decorating florist. T hey keep well and, if intelligently used, always please . 



PITTSBURGH. 



The A. \V. Smith Company are to- 

 day observing the last of their twin 

 "Spring Flower Days," when they give 

 special attractions for their much ad- 

 vertised "Dollar Box." So far the 

 Smiths are the only florists included 

 in the "Savings Checks" merchants. 

 This "Savings Check System" is an in- 

 genious plan inaugurated in Pittsburgh 

 last month, which is to be extended to 

 other cities as rapidly as possible. 

 Through it the customer becomes a 

 savings bank depositor at the expense 

 of the merchant, the banks chosen pay- 

 ing a small amount for new accounts, 

 thus opened. The checks are given by 

 the firm (only one of a kind in each 

 district) for ca-sh purchases or for 

 prompt payment of accounts. 



De Forest W. Ludwig of the E. C. 

 Ludwig Company, left on Saturday 

 night for an extended trip to Califor- 

 nia. Mr. I^udwig will scarcely remain 

 for the Convention of the Society of 

 American Florists in August, expect- 

 ing to return east early in .July. Fred 

 Burki of the Pittsburgh C\it Flower 

 Company, who, accompanied by his 

 family, left a few days before with the 

 Convention as his objective point, will 

 remain indefinitely. Another visitor at 

 the Ciuivention will be B. L. Elliott of 

 the .lohn Bader Company, who, with 

 .Mrs. Elliott and .Miss Elliott, will take 

 a two months' trip to the coast, An- 

 other less fortunate individual — a re- 

 tailer — when interrogated as to a Pan- 

 ama-Pacific trip, answered frankly, but 

 cheerfully, "No, we are having all wo 

 can do to pay our taxes." And so it 

 goes. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Clarence Shaffer, the young son of 

 George C. Shaffer, of Fourteenth and 

 Eye streets, Northwest, is reported to 

 be quite ill with scarlet fever. 



A number of the Washington ladies 

 made a sisterly visit to their friends 

 in Baltimore last week, spending the 

 day in bowling and attending a local 

 theatre. 



W. W. Kimmel took the part of a 

 hero on Saturday last when he twice 

 entered a burning building, first to res- 

 cue a woman whom he had previously 

 warned of the impending danger but 

 who after leaving the building re- 

 entered it in order to save some val- 

 uables, and latei to rescue the rescued 

 woman's pet canary. 



George W. Hess, superintendent of 

 the Botanic Gardens, is complaining 

 of acts of vandalism committed by vis- 

 itors. Of his own accord, .Mr. Hess re- 

 cently announced that the gardens 

 would be open to the general public 

 on Sundays, something that has not 

 heretofore been done, but on each of 

 the four Sundays following this an- 

 nouncement some of the rare and val- 

 uable plants have been mutilated. 



Declaring that the various railroads 

 doing business in the District of Col- 

 umbia have omitted to publish and 

 put into effect just and reasonable 

 commodity rates applicable lo Wash- 

 ington, D, C, which omission has 

 caused unjust and unreasonable freight 

 charges, several of the florists have 

 joined with merchants in other lines 

 in petitioning the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission to cause the es- 



tablishment of such specific commod- 

 ity rates as the commission may deem 

 just and reasonable. It is also asked 

 that reparation be made for the unlaw- 

 ful charges described. 



The retail florists of Washington 

 are about to form an organization of 

 their own independent of the local 

 club and to endeavor to advise ways 

 and means for combating a large num- 

 ber of trade evils which they are at 

 present forced to face. Their partic- 

 ular grievance at this time, although 

 they have been complaining for a long 

 time, is that the street vendors can 

 offer a good quality of flowers at 

 prices cheaper than the legitimate flor- 

 ists can buy them. It is stated that 

 this is causing them to use a large 

 amount of business and that it does 

 not help the grower when the crop is 

 sold at less than the cost of produc- 

 tion. The practice of wholesalers, 

 growers and exchanges of furnishing 

 such men with stock is severely con- 

 demned. 



Many of the prominent citizens of 

 Secaucus, N. J., are trying to induce 

 Fred Meerbott, the well known florist, 

 to be a candidate for school trustee 

 at the coming election. 



Real 

 Butterflies 



Mntlift, Itectlt-H. 4>tC.. 



mounted on pins f o r 

 tlnr;il lit" orntions of every description. 

 L.ir^ost Hlock in America. 



Write for prices. 



Tbe New England Entomological Cempany 

 :iG(\ .\rl)iir\vny, Jainaira IMiain, Ma^M. 



