July 3, 1915 



HOETICULTURE 



15 



STRICTLY UP-TO-DATE NOVELTIES 



The American people will spend their money at home this season. 

 Florists who are prepared will get some of it. We are ready for 

 you with 



A SPLENDID LINE OF NEW SUMMER FLOWER BASKETS 



All staples such as Cycas Leaves, Magnolia Leaves, Preserved Adi- 

 antum Sprays, etc., etc., in full assortment and bed-rock prices. 



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 



112 9 Arch Street, 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., philadelphia^pa! 



H. A. Dreer. Inc., has arranged with 

 the Bi^reau of City Real Estate, Phila- 

 delphia, to improve one of the large 

 plots in front of Convention HalU and 

 now a force of workmen are preparing 

 the ground and making attractive 

 flower beds. These will be cared for 

 during the summer and tall, and it is 

 Dreer's intention to make a suitable 

 ■displa.> on this plot during the Na- 

 tional Flower Show, which will be 

 lield in Convention Hall next march. 

 This, of course, is in addition to the 

 display which it is their intention to 

 make in the building during the 

 flower show. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Adolph E. Gude, Jr., son of .\dolphus 

 <3ude, has gone to Lompoc. Cal., where 

 he will spend his summer vacation on 

 the sweet pea range of A. C. Zvolanek. 

 Ernest Gude son of William F. Gude. 

 is a member of a surveying party now 

 in Ohio. 



Two beds, each about 3i» .\ 100 feet 

 are being placed on the west slope of 

 the Capitol grounds, being a part of 

 the floral scheme incident to the com- 

 ing encampment of the Grand Army 

 in September. The beds represent 

 the Grand Army badges and are made 

 up in the colors of that organization. 



A new greenhouse is to replace the 

 old one now on the reservation of the 

 Marine Corps, Comptroller of the 

 Treasury Downey having ruled that 

 current appropriations are now avail- 

 able' to cover the cost which will 

 amount to between $2,50 and $:iOO. It 

 is to be used for housing the- plants 

 used on the reservation and parade 

 grounds. 



George W. Hess will soon go to New 

 York City preparatory to sailing for 

 New Orleans, La., to become the guest 

 of Senator Broussard. Mr. ll.ss. who 

 is the superintendent of the United 

 States Botanic Gardens, expects to be 

 gone a month or more and while in 

 the South will look about with a view 

 to obtaining specimens of southern 

 plants not now represented in the col- 

 lection at the Garden. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



C. W. Ward is down from his nur- 

 sery at Eureka, Cal., on a combined 

 business and pleasure trip. 



J. Edw. Johnson, superintendent of 

 the Pikes Peak Floral Co., Colorado 

 Springs, Colo., is visiting the expo- 

 sition. 



Assistant Manager Elder of the 

 Lord & Burnham Co.. arrived a few 

 days ago. accompanied by Mrs. Elder, 

 to attend the Panama-Pacific exposi- 

 tion. 



J. W. Walters, well-known florist of 

 Los Angeles, Cal., stopped over here 

 a few days ago on his return from 

 Honolulu, where he had been on a 

 pleasure trip. 



Joseph's establishment on Grant 

 avenue was closed two days following 

 the death of Mrs. B. M. Joseph, wife 

 of the proprietor, on June 21 after an 

 extended illness. Mr. Joseph has the 

 sympathy of the trade In his bereave- 

 ment. 



The California Railroad Commis- 

 sion has granted the Sloan Seed Co. 

 of Palo Alto authority to issue its 

 common stock to Frank C. Sloan in 

 exchange for his going business and 

 to sell its ])referred stock, 2500 shares 

 of the par value of $10 each, at par. 



PITTSBURGH. 

 Earl Tipton, of the A. \V. Sniitli 

 Company will leave next Monday to 

 spend the summer at the nursery 

 farm near Canfield, Ohio. 



Dr. Otto C. Jennings, Curator of 

 the Herbarium of Carnegie Institute 

 Museum, and Mrs. Jennings, have left 

 for a four months' botanizing trip on 

 the Pacific coast, from Seattle to San 

 Diego. 



Last Friday Edward L. McGrath, 

 manager of the Blind Floral Company, 

 was unfortunate in having his home 

 damaged by lightning, amounting to 

 approximately $150. His company is 

 replacing the benches throughout the 

 greenhouses at West View. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Louisville, Ky. — Goodloe Seed Com- 

 pany, capital stock, $50,000. 



Palo Alto, Cal.— Sloan Seed Com- 

 pany. Incorporators: F. C, J. E. and 

 D. L. Sloan. 



Floral Park. N. Y.— John Lewis 

 Childs, Inc., seed and flower business, 

 capital stock, $400,000. Incorporators, 

 J. L., Mary C. and Vernon G. Childs. 



New Rochelle, N. Y.— Siebrecht & 

 Son, Rose Hill Nursery, capital stock 

 $10,000. Incorporators: Isabel S. Mun- 

 roe, Emma S. and Henry A. Siebrecht, 

 New Rochelle. 



New York, N. Y.— A. L. Young & 

 Co.. florists, capital stock. $25,000. In- 

 corporators, A. L. Young, Hermann 

 Scoininodau, New York, Fred Light- 

 foot, Rutherford, N. J. 



PUBLICATION RECEIVED. 



The Pioneer Boys of the Yellow- 

 stone, by Harrison Auams. Just as th.; 

 schools close and the lioys are free to 

 indulge their craving for adventure 

 and woods-craft topics comes this en- 

 tertaining story which takes up the 

 characters exploited in the Pioneer 

 Boys of Missouri and continues the 

 tale of their fortunes and adventures 

 along their i)athway toward the far- 

 distant Pacific. No more absorbing va- 

 cation l)Ook is offered for the young 

 lads and it should have a big sale, as 

 do all the books published by the Page 

 Company of Boston. 346 pages i\ full 

 page illustrations. Price $1.2.". 



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 tall florist in ca. Ii elty to aft as lis rel)iesi.iitatlve. 

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National Floral Corporation 



220 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N. Y. 



