December 25, 1915 



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CHRISTMAS GLORY AT RUTHER- 

 FORD. 



It is conceded that the hoUaay plant 

 growers have had the most remarkable 

 demand ever experienced for their 

 products this fall. Christmas orders 

 began to come in long ahead o£ the 

 time and have continued with increas- 

 ing momentum until "sold out" has 

 been the unavoidable reply in many 

 cases. We visited the Julius Roehrs 

 Company's place at Rutherford, N. J., 

 one week previous to the holiday, and 

 found it a veritable hive of industry 

 and hustle, packing and shipping, with 

 no more orders accepted on most of 

 the Christmas specialties and some of 

 them even oversold. One who has not 

 visited such a place under similar cir- 

 cumstances cannot realize the stupen- 

 dous proportions of the business done 

 at such a time — plants by thousands 

 standing like forests, in their wrap- 

 pings in tlie spacious packing shed, and 

 actually acres of begonias, cyclamens, 

 camellias and azaleas in the houses 

 awaiting their turn to be wheeled out 

 and prepared for shipment by a swarm 

 of busy workers. 



There is no finer sight anywhere at 

 this time than the three large houses 

 filled with carL'ellias — plants two to five 

 feet high in pots and resplendent with 

 bloom. We would not have missed 

 seeing it for anything. Many of these 

 camellias were made up into groujis of 

 four or five in one pan in combination 

 with nice little clumps of Asparagus 

 plumosus, and the arrangement was 

 very pleasing to look at. There were 

 azaleas in gorgeous billows of color, 

 house after house of them. For quan- 

 tity Begonia Gloire de Lorraine took 

 the lead, there being no less than thir- 

 teen houses filled with them in many 

 sizes — pots and suspended baskets. 

 Most impressive of all was BegoniaMrs. 

 Peterson. There were two houses filled 

 with this beautiful novelty which we 

 believe is destined to take the leading 

 place among recent plant introductions. 

 Its ample inflorescence of sparkling 

 pink against the lustrous dark foliage 

 needs but to be seen to make a sensa- 

 tion. 



There are many other things in this 

 big establishment that arrest the at- 

 tention of the plant lover in passing 

 through, about which vye shall have a 

 word to say later on. 



BRASSAVOLA NODOSA. 



The Holyoke & Northampton 

 (Mass.) Florists' & Gardeners' Club 

 held its annual meeting Tuesday eve- 

 ning. Dec. 14th, at the greenhouses of 

 G. H. Sinclair, Holyoke. Mr. Sinclair 

 took occasion at the same time to 

 christen the Belle Skinner cup which 

 he won at the recent flower show with 

 an exhibit of chrysanthemums. Offi- 

 cers were elected as follows: Presi- 

 dent. Aubrey Butler, Northampton; 

 Vice-president, Geo. Strugnell, of thG 

 Bonnie Brae greenhouses; Secretary 

 and Treasurer, James Whiting, Am- 

 herst; Executive Committee, William 

 Downer, Prof. E. J. Canning and Ed- 

 ward Hennessey, all of Northampton. 

 After the business of the meeting had 

 been transacted, there was an enjoy- 

 able social time, refreshments being 

 served and music furnished by an or- 

 chestra; also songs by Norman Dash. 

 The January meeting of the club will 

 be held with George Rackliffe. 



This is one of the prettiest of the 

 twenty species of this genus. It has 

 also been known as B. grandiflora and 

 B. subulifolia. The photograph was 

 taken by M. J. Pope in the orchid 

 houses under his charge at Naugatuck, 

 Conn. The Brassavolas are natives of 

 tropical America, the one here pic- 



tured being found in Southern Mexico 

 and Jamaica. They are closely re- 

 lated to the Laelias and require the 

 same treatment. They need plenty of 

 sun to mature the young growths, and, 

 when resting, a sotnewhat drier at- 

 mosphere than during growth. They 

 do best suspended on blocks, near the 

 glass. Flowers pale green and white. 



NEWS NOTES. 



San Francisco — Announcement has 

 been made that the Exposition's $1,000 

 cash prize for the best rose entered in 

 the international rose contest went to 

 Dickson & Son of Belfast, Ireland, for 

 a rich yellow creation. 



Newton, Mass. — A. W. Wilson, pro- 

 prietor of tlie Flower Shop. 406 Center 

 street, has newly fitted up and adorned 

 his store, which is now the most at- 

 tractive of its kind in this section. Fix- 

 tures and furniture are of quartered 

 oak, and the floor of mosaic marble. 



Hackettstown, N.J. — Herrick & Roos 

 have recently purchased the Harle 

 greenhouse establishment, and will 

 grow flowers for the New York whole- 

 sale trade. Mr. Roos was for many 

 years with Siebrecht, of New Rochelle. 

 and later with J. H. Small & Sons, of 

 New York City. 



Rah\A/ay, N. J. — Trial of the suit of 

 Wilbur X. Haunian. florist, of Rahway. 

 against George R. Sloane. of Newark 

 for $300 which the plaintiff alleged had 

 been illegally collected by the defend- 

 ant by representing that he was ex- 

 ecuting an order of the court, result- 



ed in a victory for Sloane in District 

 Court, wnen Judge David awarded the 

 defendant a judgment of $362.73. 



Sloane was arrested last week on a 

 warrant sworn out by Baumau. charg- 

 ing him with fraud. Last April 1. 

 Sloane was deputized by Oliver Conlin, 

 sergeant-at-arms of the District Court, 

 to execute a judgment of about $150 

 granted against Bauman in favor of 

 Hitchings & Company and was placed 

 in the store for four days until the 

 amount was collected. In the present 

 suit. Bauman contended that Sloane 

 remained at the store until November 

 11, under the pretense that he was act- 

 ing by authority of the court, and that 

 he collected $500. Sloane contended 

 that Bauman had employed him to re- 

 main at the store at a salary of $2.50 a 

 day and had given him a bill of sale 

 for the business as security for his 

 wages. Sloane set up a counter claim 

 for wages and was awarded the sum 

 mentioned. 



Wm. R. Beverly, one of the oldest 

 residents and a former florist of Rock- 

 land, Mass.. celebrated his 83d birth- 

 day December 17th. 



