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HORTICULTURE, 



October 27, 190G 



GENTLEMEN: 



You can now get finest 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



our EXCELLENTA 



in original cases of five hundred pips, the best and strongest in the 

 market, so that you can order a small quantity any time in the season 

 whenever you need it. 



We expect much demand for these small cases Lily of the Valley, 

 and as we will have only 500 cases on hand with which to try this nov- 

 elty, we advise you to send your order saon, stating at different dates on 

 which you would want cases sent you. If you are not known to us please 

 send cash with order and deduct 3%. 



If you are not entirely satisfied you can return the Valley at our 

 expense. Price per original case of 500 finest Lily of the Valley 

 EXCELLANTA $7.00. 



Yours very truly, 



JOHN SCHEEPERS & CO., 2-6 Old Slip 



ANNOUNCEIVIENT 



We have opene'i a 



WHOLES&LE COMMISSION FLORISTS' DEPARTMENT 



in addition to our regular wholesale EVEKCIREENS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO. 



8, II and 15 Province Street and 9 Chapman Place, 

 L.D. Telephone, riain 2618 BOSTON, MASS. 



TWIN CITY NOTES. 



The East High School are making 

 nice plantings of shrubs under the di- 

 rection of Park Supt. Theo. Wirth. 



Henry Kusik has moved from 121 

 Western avenue to 69 Western avenue. 

 Mr. Kusik is progressive and up-to- 

 date. 



H. W. Raach is the proprietor of a 

 new business. Cut flowers and plants; 

 same is carried on in one of the stora 

 rooms of the West Hotel. 



The Lakewood Cemetery Associa- 

 tion are making improvements along 

 several lines, among them the grading 

 of some low ground, and a portion of 

 this bridged with a fine stone arch. 

 Ornamental plantings will be made 

 and the whole will be a decided im- 

 provement in this beautiful cemetery. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Harry Kelley has recently opened a 

 flower store at Pemberton Square. 

 Boston. 



The C. A. Dahl Co. of Atlanta, Ga.. 

 have in their new rooms in the Cand- 



ler Building an ani.siic and beautiful 

 establishment. 



J. E. Bonsall has again secured pos- 

 session of the greenhouses on Garfield 

 avenue. Salem, Ohio, and will carry on 

 a wholesale and retail business. 



John J. Johnston of Providence, R. 

 L, was sustained by the Court in the 

 suit for ejectment brought against 

 him by the owners of the building he 

 occupies, as he has a yearly tenancy. 



John Lewis Child.s of Floral Park, 

 N. Y., who has recently purchased a 

 tract of land in Suffolk County, is 

 awaiting the decision of the railroad 

 company in regard to giving him a 

 station on the property before making 

 extensive developments which he has 

 in mind. 



The glass area of the new green- 

 houses of the E. G. Hill Co.. Rich- 

 mond, Ind., on the west side of the 

 city, is 100,000 feet. One house will be 

 devoted to sweet peas for the Christ- 

 mas market, and large space will be 

 given to carnations. The transfer of 

 the present plant to the new site will 

 be gradual, and it is estimated that 

 the moving proeess will cover a period 

 of ten years. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM COMOLETA. 



The accompanying cut shows one 

 of the most promising of the chrysan- 

 themum introductions of Nathan 



Smith & Sons for the coming season. 

 Comoleta is the name of this sturdy 

 l)right yellow variety, which scored 

 ,S8 points at Cincinnati on October 20, 



r:inf;. 



PHILADELPHIA BULB TRADE 

 NOTES. 



That .\lay-ll(iweriiig tulips are still a 

 popular subject is evident from the big 

 demand again this season. Not halt 

 enough have been ordered. 



Lilium Henryi and Superbum are 

 two items sought after. The horticul- 

 tural press is to blame. It is one of 

 those tangents for which no man can 

 account 



Once in a while they do talk about 

 things that can be had. Narcissus 

 poeticus, for instance. Orders for lots 

 of twenty-five thousand for naturaliz- 

 ing are nothing uncommon nowadays 

 in that connection. Good. It's a fine 

 thing and there is plenty of it around. 



Hyacinths are scarce this year. Last 

 year it wa.s tulips. But it is early yet. 

 In a week or two we expect to see the 

 biggest kind of a scramble for every 

 kind of hardy bulbous flower. Tulips 

 will be scarce inside of a couple of 

 weeks. Also scillas, snowdrops, cro- 

 cuses and a host of other hardy things. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Pittsl)iii-j; Florists' Exchange, 15 

 Diamond square, Pittsbur.g, Pa. List 

 of florists' wire designs and general 

 supplies for retailers' use. Try them. 



O. H. Weber of Sault Ste. Marie, 

 Mich., has bought the Egerton green- 

 houses and store. 



BUY WHITMANI 



THE RECORD BREAKER FERN IT HAS NO COMPETITOR 



PlanU in 2>i inch poU, $25 per 100: 



$200 per 1000 



Fine Specimens in 5-inch poti, $1 each; 



6-infh, $1 .SO each: 8-inch. $5 



H. H. BARROWS & SON, Whitman, Mass. 



