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HORTICULTURE, 



December 29, 1906 



IMPERIAL and PINK IMPERIAL CARNATIONS 



You Cannot Afford to be Without these Two Excellent Varieties 



Price $12.00 per 100 ; $100.00 per 1000, 250 at 1000 rates, a discount allowed when cash accompanies the order 



A, J, CUTTMAN, 



The Wholesale Florist of New York 

 43 WEST 28TH STREET 



JOHN £*. HAINES, 



BETHLEHEM, PA. 



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ANNOUNCEMENT 



We have opened a WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS' DEPARTMENT in addition 

 to our regular wholesale EVERGREENS and ELORISTS' SUPPLIES 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 



See our Greens Adrsrtlsemenl on page 70S. 



8, II and 15 Province St, 

 and 9 Chapman Place, 



L. a. Telephone, Main 2318. 



Boston, Mass. 



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PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Jno. Thatcher, who has been in 

 charge of the Le Boutilier gardens at 

 Wynnwood for the past ten years, 

 moves to Chester, West Virginia, Jan. 

 1st, to take (fliarge of the Smith es- 

 tate. The best wishes of his many 

 friends go with him. Mr. Thatcher 

 hails from England and was trained at. 

 the celebrated Enville gardens, where 

 our Burtons and Lonsdales and many 

 others who have made their mark 

 came from. 



Henry F. Michell reports the Christ- 

 mas trade in plants and greens as very 

 satisfactory. Everything was sold out 

 clean by the 24th. This company's 

 store was the best decorated and had 

 the best assortment of any retail seed 

 store here. Philip Pfreud, the man- 

 ager of this department, is an adept 

 at "spick-and-span" and knows how 

 to get out the orders. 



H. H. Battles has been making a 

 specialty of imported Etruscan and 

 Pompeiian ware this sea.son. Little 

 pieces of art that readily bring ten 

 dollars for the original are imitated 

 in this country for as low as fifty 

 cents. But Mr. Battles sticks to the 



TRADE NOTICE 



Owing to ihc ad- 

 vance in material 

 in the manufaciurc 

 of immortelle let- 

 ters, I am forced to 

 advance the price 

 iii letters on Jan. 

 I St 1907, as i illows, 

 viz.: — 



Per 00 

 1««21n. $2.75 

 2K in. . 3 00 



All other goods 

 manufactured by 



me are not affected 

 at this time. 



Thanking you 

 forpast favors, and 

 hoping for a con- 

 tinuation of the 

 same, I remain 

 yours respectfully, 



1164-66 Greene Ave- 

 BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



W. G.KRICK 



originals, and has no trouble in get- 

 ting the price. With a few orchids 

 inserted, these rival the most lavish 

 display of costly exotics. There is a 

 prevalent belief in Philadelphia that 

 no other city has the spirit of true 

 taste and that other places and people 

 care only for show and glitter. This 

 is interesting if true; but we are in- 

 clined to believe there are exceptions. 



A. B. Cartledge assures us thai 

 there has never been a better Christ- 

 mas for the florist than the one just 

 passed. The demand for cut flowers, 

 made-up baskets, wreaths, bouquets, 

 and designs has never been surpassed. 

 The people had the money to spend, 

 and they spent it, and it was gratify- 

 ing to find that they leaned to sensible 

 and artistic things of lasting quality, 

 whatever the price, rather than to the 

 cheap and flashy. 



The wisdom of providing plenty of 

 artistic Parisian baskets with decora- 

 tions of red and green for the Christ- 

 mas trade is enlarged upon by Robert 

 Kift, who submits that the public 

 know what they want when they see 

 it, but that they must see it first. 



Wm. Graham, known as an aggres- 

 sive member of the flower trade here, 

 is particularly clever in putting a de- 

 sign on paper in colors and this has 

 won for him many an order in com- 

 petition. This is a valuable pointer 

 for the ambitious beginner with im- 

 agination and artistic leanings. 



The great Christmas business this 

 year is modestly attributed by Robert 

 Crawford to the goodness of the times 

 and the increasing culture of the pub- 

 lic, but we are inclined to believe that 

 the push and energy of the firm had 

 something to do with it. 



I have interviewed dozens of others 

 in regard to their Christmas business 

 and their opinions in general as to 

 how the retailer's Christmas business 

 should be conducted. One and all 

 have echoed the sentiments contained 

 in the foregoing and all are agreed 

 that it has been the best Christmas 

 they ever had. The cold here was in- 

 tense both Monday and Tuesday, 

 which was tough on deliveries. 



FLORIST CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA. 



The next meeting of the Florist 

 Club of Philadelphia will take place 

 on New Year's Day. Open house will 

 be the order aflfirnotm and evening 

 with free refreshments. S. S. Skidel- 

 sky is to read a paper on our credit 

 system, its uses and abuses — so there 

 will be a feast of reason as well as a 

 flow of soul. Many other interesting 

 things will be discussed. Everyone 

 should make it a point to be there. 

 Samuel S. Pennock will preside and 

 well tell all who care to enquire how he 

 managed to get through the upper and 

 nether millstone without getting 

 crushed. That is a great feat during 

 the holiday rush. Jno. Westcott has 

 recovered his health, and will be able 

 to give a good account as to the pro- 

 gress of arrangements for the conven- 

 tion in August. 



At the meeting of the State Horti- 

 cultural Society at Urbana, 111., which 

 closed on the 15th inst., the following 

 officers were elected: President, G. J. 

 P^oster, Normal; vice-pres., S. G. So- 

 verhill. Tiskilwa; sec, W. V. Lloyd 

 Kinmundy. 



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75 NEPHROLEPIS BOSTONIENSIS 

 75 NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONI 



In 5 and 6 in. pots that will retail readily for 

 r,n and 7r,c each. Price in l(it.s i>f 2r, at :iOc each 

 or the entire lot of 160 at 2.",c each. Also a few 



... SPECIMEN FERNS ... 



Soottii. Elegantissima. Exaltata, in large pans 

 $2 each; cash or satisfactory reference. 



E. W. BREED, 94 prescott St., CIlHton, Mass. 

 CARNATIONS -Rooted Cuttings 



Per 100 rer 1000 



I.AWSON $150 $12.00 



lONCHAXTRESS 2.00 15.00 



OUEEN 1.50 12.00 



RED LAWSON 2.00 15.00 



ItOBERT CRAIG 6.00 



WARWICK GREENHOUSES 

 James Burke, Mgr. WARWICK NECK, R.I . 



