March 20, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



397 



WE HAVE 



The Choicest Selection 



of Flowering Plants in tliis Section 



Our Giganteum Lilies for Easter are the finest we have ever 

 offered. 



American Beauties, Roses, Carnations, Lily of the Valley and all 

 the Seasonable Novelties are on our list for the Easter Trade. 



We earnestly solicit your patronage. It will be to your advantage to secure our 

 quotations before looking elsewhere. 



WELCH BR05. CO. 



226 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. 



PHones, Main, 6267, 6268 and 6269 



A KINDERGARTEN FOR SUCCESS- 

 FUL FLORISTS. 



We were talking to Frank J. Dc^- 

 lansky of Lynn, the other day, about 

 old times, and during the conversation 

 he became fondly reminiscent about 

 the days when he first came to this 

 country and was working for Pitcher 

 & Manda at Short Hills, N. J. 



He spoke of the men who had been 

 his fellow workers, and the names he 

 mentioned are those that the trade 

 conjures with at the present time, so 

 we list some of them below as a stimu- 

 lant for all young men now in sub- 

 ordinate positions, in order to empha- 

 size the thought that the present posi- 

 tions held by the young men engaged 

 in floriculture are only stages in the 

 climb to more profitable places; that 

 every place of business is a training 

 school, in which those in minor posi- 

 tions are being paid while they are 

 really learning and preparing them- 

 selves for the big opportunity— getting 

 a thorough training in floriculture at 

 the other man's expense — so that when 

 the time comes to launch out into busi- 

 ness the intelligent learner will have 

 acquired his knowledge without taking 

 any chances with his little capital. 

 The well-known men listed below pos- 

 sessed this advantage at the big Short' 

 Hills establishment: 



Daniel MacRorie of MacRorie-Mc- 

 Laren Co., San Francisco; John E. 

 Lager and Henry Hurrell of Summit, 

 N. J.; F. L. Atkins of Bobbink & At- 

 kins, Rutherford, N. J.; F. J. Dolansky 

 of Lynn, Mass.; J. H. Troy of New 

 Rochelle. N. Y.; A. T. Boddington of 

 New York; Harry A. Bunyard and. Ar- 

 thur T. Bunyard of New York, and 

 several others. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Danvers, Mass. — The Woodman 



greenhouses have been leased by 

 George W. Marshall for a term of iVz 

 years with privilege of purchase. 



Hudson, N. Y. — The establishment 

 of the late R. W. Allen has been sold 

 to Leon Hathaway who will conduct 

 it under the name of The Allen Green- 

 houses. 



Yonkers, N. Y. — James Macdonald. 

 who has been associated wiih his 

 brother William Macdonald in the flor- 

 ist shop at 2 Main street, has opened a 

 new store at 442 South Broadway. It 

 is known as the "Broadway Flower 

 Shop" and will carry a full line of cut 

 flowers, potted plants and seeds. 



PERSONAL. 



John G. Tilden has been appointed 

 a member of the Park Commission by 

 the mayor of Maiden, Mass. 



Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wyman of North 

 Abington, Mass., are in California 

 viewing the Exposition and will return 

 about April 1. 



Frederick Martin, formerly of 

 Wayne, Pa., has accepted the position 

 of gardener at Reynolda Greenhouses 

 and Farms, Winston-Salem, N. C. 



Mr. Speelmann of Sassenheim, Hol- 

 land, who has been in this country on 

 a business tour covering five months 

 sailed for home on Wednesday, March 

 10, on the Ryndam. Mr. Sassenheim 

 expressed himself as not enthusiastic 

 over the conditions for the Holland 

 trade in this country. 



Cut Flowers for Easter 



Ample supplies of all staples in cut flowers 



ROSES, C A RN ATIONS, VIOLETS, VALLEY 

 ORCHIDS, GARDENIAS 



EVERYTHING IN SEASONABLE GREENS 



Everything in Season Long Experience Careful, Conscientious Service 



Notice New Address Best Facilities Central Location 



BERGER BROS.i2?iBB«st 



WHOLESALE 



FLORISTS 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



