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E Laurel Festooning, good and full, 5c. and 6c. per yard. Laurel Wreaths, extra heavy, $2.00 per doz. upwards. Special 

 5 Southern imilax, $3.50 and $7.00 per case. Pine Trimming, all round, 5c. per yard. Pine Wreaths, $1.50 and $2.00 

 S per doz. Hardy Cut Dagger and Fancy Ferns, §1. 25 per 1000. New Crop Bronze and Qreen Qalax, $1.00 per 1000. 



s Get your Red Immortelles 



BOXWOOD SPRAYS, $15.00 PER 100 LBS. 



We are headquarters for all FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, such as W IRE DESIGNS, 

 CUT WIRE, all kinds of LETTERS, IMMORTELLES, CYCAS LEAVES, SHEAVES 

 OF WHEAT, RIBBONS, CORRUGATED BOXES of all kinds, etc. 



CUT FLOWERS 



Our New Wholesale Cut F"lower Department is now in full operation, and is already doing a large business. Centrally located, 

 thoroughly equipped, and prepared to handle consignments to growers' advantage.. We are prepared to talie care of a large 

 Holiday Shipping Trade. 



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NEWS NOTES. 



The Stark Bros. Nursery Co. have 

 closed their business in Atlantic, la. 



charge of the grounds is now under 

 consideration. 



Frank W. Ball has started in the 

 wire design business in Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



George A. Saunders of Lowell, Mass., 

 doing business under the name of Mel- 

 lor & Saunders, assigned all his prop- 

 erty to his son. A. W. Saunders, on 

 November 'M 



The New England pumpkin still 

 holds the boards. One hundred and 

 fifteen pounds was the weight of the 

 one that won a prize for Alex. St. 

 Peter, Jr., of Proctor, Vt., at the State 

 Pair in Rutland. 



Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Plebany, of 112 

 West street, who have been conducting 

 the Elm Grove Floral Company, have 

 discontinued business at So. Norwalk, 

 Conn., and removed to Newark, N. J., 

 where they will start on an extensive 

 scale. 



Through the will of the late L. Her- 

 bert Taft of Brookline the Prospect 

 Cemetery Association of Uxbridge, 

 Mass., receives $5,000. which makes 

 their fund $2.5,000. The establishment 

 of a hothouse with a superintendent in 



DON'T Be afraid To Inve-t In 



ROSE PINK ENCHANTRESS 



It is both free and "f incy" — a sure money-maker. 



Price $7.00 per 100; S60 per 1000 

 Delivery January a:id later. Write for Descriptive 

 Circular. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY 



824 No. 24th Street, Philadelphia 



Protest of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 

 against the assessment of duty on 

 sea moss, at the port of Philadelphia, 

 was heard by the general appraisers 

 on November 28 and the decision of 

 October 22 making this article subject 

 to a duty of ten per cent, ad valorem 

 was re-afflrmed. 



Arthur Coolidge, Watertown, Mass., 

 has sold his farm and homestead. The 

 farm consists of 34 acres. There is 

 about 30,000 feet of glass on the place, 

 a large part of which is devoted to the 

 growth of pinks, violets and bedding 

 stuff. The land has been bought to 

 be used for a cemetery, and Is to be 

 vacated within six months. 



The annual meeting of the New Lon- 

 don County Horticultural Society was 

 held in Norwich, Ct., on the evening 

 of December 7, when the following offi- 

 cers were chosen: President, T. W. 

 Head; vice-president, N. P. Carey; 

 secretary, A. A. Hunt; treasurer, R. R. 

 Wilcox. The treasurer reported a bal- 

 ance of $100 despite the fact that the 

 dahlia show did not meet expenses and 

 no chrysanthemum show was held. 



Pederson Bros, of St. John. N. B., 

 whose greenhouses were destroyed by 

 fire recently, have filed a claim with the 

 city for $3,000 damages, based on the 

 refusal of the fire department to go to 

 their aid when they discovered they 

 were on the outskirts of the city. The 

 firm pay a half rate for fire protection, 

 and claim that a large portion of their 

 property could have been saved. 



PERSONAL. 



H. W. Buckbee of Rockford, 111., is 

 visiting the Pacific coast. 



Visiting Boston, W. H. Long, New 

 York; A. J. Loveless, Ijenox, Mass. 



Mr. T. Mellstrom, American agent for 

 Sander & Son, sails for Europe on the 

 Etruria leaving New York on Decem- 

 ber 15. 



Visitors In New York this week: 

 H. P. H. Gumtau, Berlin, Austria, R. 

 H. James, St. George's, Bermuda, J. 

 K. M. L. Farquhar, Boston, J. C. 

 Vaughan, Chicago, W. F. Kasting, Buf- 

 falo. 



A. B. Scott, Sharon Hills, Pa., has 

 been ordered south by his physicians. 

 After January 1st his address will be 

 Somerville, S. C, for two months. 

 Took combined efforts of many in- 

 fluential people. A. B. now under- 

 stands what Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. 

 B., was up against. 



^ HOLLY 



Hest Dplawnre Stock, dark Rrofn 

 and well berried, delivered by freight. 

 prepaid. 



Single case $4. 00 



5 cases or more, per caae. . 3.50 



J HOLLY WREATHS 



A Made from the best dark green 

 y Delaware Holly, with four large 

 • rhistprs of bright red berries, per 



100, $10.00. 



Cash: Order early and will ship 



on anv date desired. 



H. AUSTIN, Felton. Del. 



