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H H T I C U L T U R E 



Juno 5. 19I& 



Partnership Announcement 



Mk. lOIlN YOUNG wishes to notify the trade in y;eneral that Mu. GE(J)RGK 

 1 1 11. DEN BRAND, who has been associated with him for many years as sales man- 

 ager, becomes a member of this firm on and after June i, 1915. 



Hoping for a continuance of your patronage, may wc remain 



Yours very truly, 



JOHN YOUNG & CO. 



53 West 28th Street, New York 



Tt'lcphiinr 73fi2 MadiHon Square 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



J. Fred Dawson has returned from a 

 trip to the West Indies. 



.Martin Tuoli.v's new store on llie cor- 

 ner of Summer and Devonshire streets 

 seems to meet with much suciess. 



Ladies N'iglit will be celebrated by 

 the Gardeners" & Klori.«ls' Club of Bos- 

 ton at Horticultural Hall on the even- 

 ing of Tuesda.v. June Ih. 



Thomas Roland is cutting from a ton 

 to a ton and a half of ripe tomatoes 

 from his big greenhouse at Revere and 

 will so continue for several weeks. 



The 12th Annual Kxhibition of the 

 American Peony Society, which will be 

 held at Horticultural Hall on June 12 

 and 13, in connection with the Peony 

 B^xhibitinn of the Mass. Horticultural 

 Society is expected to bring out a rec- 

 ord display of blooms. 



The lid was pressed down tightly on 

 business in Maiden on Memorial Sun- 

 day. Police Commissioner Fred A. 

 Rhoades sent out word by his officers 

 that no business house, outside of drug 

 stores, could supply customers. It is 

 the first time in years that the police 

 have enforced Sunday closing. The 

 florists were especially disturbed and 

 embarrassed because they were not 

 permitted to care for the Memorial 

 Day business that was pressing upon 

 them, and in every flower store in the 

 city was posted a sign that read. "The 

 police are starting to enforce the law, 

 but we will open tonight at the stroke 

 of midnight" 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety's field meetings at the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum will be continued every Thurs- 

 day afternoon through the month of 

 June. These meetings, conducted by 

 Proiesstor Jack, of the Arboretum staff, 

 are proving very successful and are 

 affording unusual opportunities for be- 

 coming acquainted with the great 

 variety of flowering trees and shrubs 

 suitable for cultivation in the vicinity 

 of Boston. Just now the azaleas, 

 rhododendrons, barberries, mock or- 



anges and the later flowering lilacs are 

 especially prominent, to be followed In 

 the next few weeks by roses, haw- 

 thorns and the coniferous trees. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Arthur Herrington. of Madison, N. 

 J., gave a lecture at the home of Mrs. 

 J. Hampler Barnes. Devon, under the 

 auspices of tlie Garden Club. May 21. 

 His subject was "Flowering Trees and 

 Shrubs. ' 



"The Vase Shop" is the latest 

 wrinkle of the ever fertile and artistic 

 H. H. Battles. It is situated just be- 

 low his Century Flower Shop, which, 

 as is well known, adjoins the original 

 and present headquarters. The vases 

 and other floral accessories in the new 

 departure are quite out of the com- 

 mon. Oriental, European, American- - 

 wherever a good thing could be found 

 - Mr. Battles would add it to his col- 

 lection of rare gems and antiques. 

 Twenty years travel in many parts of 

 the world have gone into his ceramic 

 education along with his floral experi- 

 ence and now comes the ripe fruit. 

 Worth looking over. 



Masses of white, pink and crimson 

 peony blooms spice the air with fra- 

 grance and vie for favor with vari- 

 colored roses at the annual rose and 

 peony show which opened at Dreer's, 

 on June 2. The show continues two 

 days. Perhaps the most remarkable of 

 the new peonies is the Chrysantheme- 

 flora Rosea a huge chrysanthemum-like 

 bloom of the most beautiful rose pink. 

 If the American Beauty is the Queen 

 of roses then the Felix Crousse should 

 be the King of Peonies. 



Rayon D'Or, perhaps the most note- 

 worthy rose of the year, is the sensa- 

 tion of the show. It is of the Perne- 

 tiana type, a clear golden yellow. 

 Large crowds of enthusiastic visitors 

 thronged the store during the continu- 

 ance of the show. 



CHICAGO. 



The wholesale and retail stores kept 

 open all day Sunday. May 30. The ces- 

 sation of the rain and a glimpse of 

 sunshine put more life into local trade 

 than had been seen for many days. 



The Chicago Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation made the record of its existence 

 during the month of May. Paul Kling- 

 sporn, its inanager, is naturally pleased 

 to see the books show such a desirable 

 balance. 



The question this week has been, not 

 how many shipping orders did one 

 have, but what proportion could one 

 fill. Orders came in early and con- 

 tinued coming till the last. Many 

 houses were shipping on the 30th. 



Beauty and utility are combined at 

 the City House of Correction, where 

 the grounds are kept in a most at- 

 tractive manner. The latest addition 

 is to be two iron-frame greenhouses, 

 built by the Foley Manufacturing Co. 



Guy French, who with Richard Salm 

 recently secured 75,000 square feet of 

 glass at Union Grove, Wis., and started 

 into business as growers of the Mrs. 

 llusseU rose, says he is convinced that 

 Uiey made no mistake in planting this 

 rose so exclusively. Two months from 

 the day the plants were benched they 

 lipgan cutting. The output is handled 

 by the E. C. Amling Co. 



The Foley Greenhouse Manufactur- 

 ing Co. will build an addition to the 

 range at the State University at 

 Columbus, Ohio. During the past year, 

 thin company has furnished material 

 for and in some cases did the building 

 of houses for the State Universities 

 of Iowa. Illinois, Indiana, and now has 

 the second contract for Ohio, this 

 time competing with six other firms. 



At Poehlmann Bros, only a fraction 

 of the orders could be filled. WTien 

 their immense trucks would arrive 

 from the greenhouses it would appear 

 that the flowers they held would be 



