May 1, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



599 



Memorial Day Profits 



May be very much increased by good judgment in the selection of 

 supplies of appropriate material. The goods we offer to the trade 

 this year are of exceptional quality and fitness for this important day. 



CREPE FLOWERS, such as Roses, Wisteria, Carnations, etc. ; 

 Magnolia Leaves, green and brown, in cartons and bulk — our famous 

 Higrade quality, no torn or mouldy leaves ; Metal Wreaths and 

 Designs, home-made, fresh from the factory to you — no shop-worn 

 stock sent out ; Cemetery Vases of iron or tin and enamelled tin ; 

 Cape Flowers, best in the world. 



All these and many other seasonable things constitute the stock 

 you can get from us NOW and MAKE MONEY on them. Send 

 for prices and you will be astonished to 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. 



1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Friends of George Burton, a dis- 

 tinguished rose grower at Cliestnut 

 Hill, and by friends that means every- 

 body, including the members of tlie 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia, of 

 which Mr. Burton is president, will be 

 pleased to learn that he is progressing 

 favorably after a surgical operation, 

 on the 21st inst,, for appendicitis. We 

 join in congratulations and are re- 

 joiced to know that every indication 

 is favorable. 



L. P. Rankin has leased the Foster 

 greenhouses at Westerly, R. I., and 

 will move from Lansdowne with his 

 family May 1. Mr. Rankin has been 

 foreman for Wm. K. Leonard and 

 other famous rose growers in this 

 vicinity, and everybody wishes him 

 well in his new enterprise. He has 

 made his mark as a grower and we 

 feel sure he will make good more and 

 more as the years roll by. 



Percy Barnard's Jew-Packard car 

 stopped suddenly ten miles from no- 

 where, one day. Percy got out and 

 carefully examined all the interior ar- 

 rangements. Everything seemed to be 

 all right. After half an hour's sweat- 

 ing and cogitating Percy came to the 

 conclusion, "hanged if I don't believe 

 this old machine will go better with 

 gasoline than without I" 



A friend of Percy's (James Brown, 

 Jr., of Coatesville), has bought one, 

 but he has asked me to say nothing 

 about it until he has learned how to 

 drive. He doesn't want a lot of fel- 

 lows coming around just yet. I guess 

 a car is like getting married. When, 

 after about a year or so, you have 



found out the worst about each other, 

 you can then proceed to live comfort- 

 ably together and enjoy life. 



Samuel S. Pennock is the latest re- 

 cruit to the auto brigade. He has re- 

 sisted the temptation for many years. 



SAN FRANCISCO 



C. W. Ward has started a large 

 nursery at Eureka, where the soil and 

 climate conditions are ideal. He has 

 arranged for 2,500 square feet of space 

 in the S. A. F. convention garden. 



John McLaren, superintendent of 

 Golden Gate Park, was director of 

 tree-planting exercises held at the 

 Civic Center recently under the aus- 

 pices of the Native Sons of the Golden 

 West. Angelo J. Rossi served as chair- 

 man of the arrangements committee. 



Articles of incorporation have been 

 filed in San Francisco for the United 

 Flower & Supply Co., with a capital 

 stock of .$10,000, by I. Adachi, H. T. 

 Oichi. T. Masunda et al. The com- 

 pany opened for business on Bush 

 street, next door to Domoto Bros., 

 some time ago. 



The shipping season has just closed 

 at the United States Plant Introduc- 

 tion gardens at Chico, Cal., and K. L. 

 Beagles, who has charge of the gar- 

 dens, announced that 6,000 packages, 

 containing about 90,000 plants, have 

 been shipped from Chico since Janu- 

 ary 1. the shipments going to all parts 

 of the country. 



Chairmen of the various committees 

 to make arrangements for the S. A. F. 

 convention were named as follows at 

 a meeting of the ways and means com- 

 mittee of the Pacific Coast Horticul- 



tural Society last week: Executive, 

 Daniel MacRorie; publicity, J. W. 

 Gregg; program and outing, A. J. 

 Rossi; hotel, F. Bertrand; reception, 

 J. R. Fotheringham; finance, H. Plath; 

 garden, John McLaren; ladies' enter- 

 tainment, W. A. Hofinghoff; sports, 

 V. Podesta, 



Preparations have been completed 

 for a flower show to be held in the 

 Palace of Horticulture at the Exposi- 

 tion, May 7 to 9 inclusive, under the 

 auspices of the California State Floral 

 Society and the Alameda County Floral 

 Society in conjunction with the De- 

 partment of Horticulture of the Expo- 

 sition. There will be mree classes of 

 exhibits. Class 'W" will include cut 

 flowers grown by amateurs: Class "B," 

 cut flowers grown liy amateurs who 

 employ skilled labor. Class "C" will 

 lie devoted to professional growers. A 

 large number of prices will be given, 

 and entries must be in the secretary's 

 liands at least forty-eight hours in ad- 

 vance of the opening of the exhibition. 



Detroit, Mich. — On May 1st C. H. 

 Maynard will open for business "The 

 .Norwood Roserv," 1509 Woodward 

 Ave. 



Real 

 Butterflies 



Moths. B««(le«. etc, 



mounted on pins for 

 floral decorations of every description. 

 Largest stock In America. 



Write for prices. 



Tke New Ennland Entomological Conpuy 

 36^ Arborway, Jamaica Pl&in, MaMB. 



