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HORTI CULTURE 



December 11, 1915 



CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR DELIVERY 



Flowers, Plants or Made-Up Work delivered 

 on order to all parts of NEW ENGLAND 



PENN THE TELEGRAPH FLORIST 



37-43 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass. 



Member F. T. D. 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



WASHINGTON. 



Dr. J. N. Rose, associate in botany, 

 of tlie National M\iseiim, and his as- 

 sistant, Paul G. Russell, have just re- 

 turned from an extensive botanical ex- 

 ploration trip in Brazil and Argentine 

 Republic. 



Examination for laboratory aid in 

 seed testing in the bureau of plant in- 

 dustry, which positions carry a salary 

 of from $600 to ?720 per annum, will 

 be held in this city on January 5, by 

 the Civil Service Commission. 



The judges of the Mt. Rainier Times 

 beauty contest have made awara to 

 Miss Frances Kingsbury, a member of 

 the salesforce at the store of F. H. 

 Kramer. In addition to having been 

 selected as the most beautiful girl 

 whose picture was submitted. Miss 

 Kingsbury has been given a handsome 

 gold watch. Miss Kingsbury is a resi- 

 dent of Laurel, Md. 



At a meeting of the Takoma Park 

 Citizens' Association held last week it 

 was decided that an effort will be 

 made to secure the appointment of a 

 supervisor to train the school children 

 of the District of Columbia in home 

 garden work. The retail florists ot 

 Washington some time ago went on 

 record as favoring the home garden 

 work to the end that eventually there 

 will be "a rose in every garden." 



Congressman Albert Johnson, of 

 Washington, has introduced a bill in 

 the House of Representatives provid- 

 ing, "That the centigrade scale of tem- 

 J)erature measurement shall be stan- 

 dard in United States Government 

 publications, the use of the Fahren- 

 heit scale being discontinued, at the 

 option of heads of departments or 

 other independent branches of the 

 Government, either immediately upon 

 the signing of this bill or at any time 

 before January 1, 1920, except as pro- 

 vided in Section 3." 



The event of the week was the elec- 

 trical parade held In connection with 

 Electrical Prosperity Week celebra- 

 tion in which automobiles of J. H. 

 Small & Sons and Gude Bros. Com- 



pany were entered but not In compe- 

 tition. The Gude Bros, car was one 

 of the most unique in the parade. A 

 platform, 20 feet in length, was built 

 on a low truck. Three arches, deco- 

 rated with white roses and illumi- 

 nated with a large number of minia- 

 ture electric lights, were built up from 

 the platform. In the space behind 

 the chauffeur's seat, placed 12 feet 

 apart, were two telegraph poles be- 

 tween which silver wires were strung. 

 These were decorated with tinsel and 

 on them fell the rays from two arc 

 lights, the tinsel and light giving one 

 the impression of messages going over 

 the 24 wires. Beneath the wires was 

 an illuminated sign visible from both 

 sides of the street which read "Flow- 

 ers by Telegraph Everywhere," while 

 bunched around the two poles was a 

 number of boxes of flowers ready for 

 delivery. The body of the truck and 

 the front was covered with yellow 

 rhrysanthemums. At the front of the 

 machine was a large number of flying 

 doves. Between the seats wherein sat 

 the chauffeur and footman dressed in 

 white mohair coats and white hats 

 was a standard supporting a double 

 sign, electrically illuminated, of blue 

 glass with silver lettering, having 

 the firm's name and address and in 

 the center its seal with the word 

 "Progressiveness." 



CINCINNATI. 

 Max Rudolph. Gus. Adrian and Roy 

 Rudolph were in Richmond, Ind., and 

 New Castle, Ind., on Monday of this 

 week. P. J. Olinger went up to his 

 greenhouses at New Castle on Tues- 

 day to get a line on his prospective 

 Christmas supply. 



Floral offerings and tokens of sym- 

 pathy at Mrs. C. E. Critchell's funeral 

 last Wednesday were many and very 

 beautiful. Without a doubt they were 

 the largest and finest assortment ever 

 seen at a funeral In this city. The 

 casket was enshrouded in a magnifi- 

 cent blanket of violets, lily of the 

 valley and orchids. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



A new florist shop has been opened 

 on 12th street near Broadway, in Oak- 

 land, Cal., by A. J. Rossi, who was 

 formerly with Seulberger's in that 

 city. 



John R. Wolf, superintendent of 

 Sperry Park in Vallejo, Cal., is pre- 

 paring a large hillside acreage for 

 planting. The MacRorie-McLaren Co. 

 is to supply 800 trees. 



At their meeting on Dec. 1, the 

 Ladies' Auxiliary of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society made arrange- 

 ments for a social and entertainment 

 to be held on the first Tuesday in 

 January. 



W. A. Hoftinghof has just returned 

 from Vallejo, Cal., where he went to 

 present plans to the mayor and coun- 

 cil for the beautification of a ten-acre 

 tract at the entrance to the town, 

 which the city has purchased for park 

 purposes. 



The MacRorie-McLaren Co. expect 

 to begin the planting of about 25,000 

 pine and cypress trees in San Mateo 

 County as soon as weather conditions 

 permit. The order, which is one of 

 the largest orders for trees ever 

 placed in this section, came from an 

 eastern capitalist who is interested in 

 a forestry project down the peninsula. 



It has been decided to hold another 

 Sweet Pea Show in San Francisco 

 during the early part of June next 

 year, under the auspices of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society. Already 

 considerable interest is being shown. 

 C. C. Morse & Co. have offered a 1st 

 prize of $15. a 2nd of $10 and a 3rd of 

 $5 for twelve vases of sweet peas from 

 their "Grand Prize" collection. Two 

 prizes are olfered by W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Go. for single vases of their new 

 sweet pea. Fiery Cross, and they also 

 offer prizes for Spencer sweet peas 

 ;xmounting to $25. Other firms have 

 promised their support, and the com- 

 mittee hopes to have a complete 

 schedule ready for distribution within 

 the next few weeks. In the meantime^ 

 growers are urged to begin planting 

 with a view to participating in the 

 Spring show. 



