October 11, 1919 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



Business compared to a year ago, of 

 course, is not quite as good, but tak- 

 ing ii ;ill iii all we are having very ex- 

 cellent business, particularly for good 

 quality flowers. 



There is too much outdoor quality 

 coming in; particularly is this so of 

 Dahlias, Cosmos, Candytuft, and Mow- 

 ers of that nature. 



Roses are coming in a little more 

 plentiful than they were the week 

 previous, especially with Columbias, 

 Russells and Roses of that character. 

 lies are selling well, quality good. 

 In fact, most of the Roses are very 

 good in quality. Ophelia, White Kil- 

 larney. Hadley, Sunburst and Ward 

 are selling very well indeed. 



There is a limited supply of Valley, 

 which is bringing IB and 20c. 



Orchids are getting a little more 

 plentiful — very little outside of Cat- 

 tleyas to offer, but they are exception- 

 ally good and selling well. 



Chrysanthemums are coming in, a 

 few pink, but mostly yellow and white 

 — Golden Glow in yellow, and Smith's 

 Advance in white. Unaka is the only 

 pink so far, and only a limited quanti- 

 ty. Not enough Chrysanthemums so 

 far to go around. 



A little Bouvardia coining in and a 

 few other odd flowers like it. 



The supply of Carnations is short 

 for the demand, quality very good, get- 

 ting longer stems. 



E. H. WILSON HEADS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL CLUB. 



Ernest H. Wilson was elected presi- 

 dent of the Horticultural Club of Bos- 

 ton at the annual meeting last week 

 at the Parker House. He succeeds 

 John K. M. L. Farquhar, who has 

 been president for eight years and 

 declined reelection. Other officers 

 elected were the following named: P. 

 Welch and P. R. Pierson, vice-presi- 

 dents: Fred Wilson, secretary, and E. 

 Allan Peirce. treasurer. The guests 

 were W. A. Manda of South Orange, 

 N. J., and E. Strout of Biddeford. Me. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The annual business meeting of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 will be held at the Engineering Build- 

 ing, New York, on Nov. 5, at 8 p. m. 



Additional special prizes have been 

 offered for the annual exhibition to be 

 held in conjunction with t ho American 

 Institute of t lie City of New York at 

 the Engineering Building 25-33 West 

 39th Street, New York, November 5 to 

 7, as follows: 



Class O. 



President's Cup — For the best 10 

 blooms. Crimson Chrysanthemum, one 

 variety on long stems. Open to all. 

 Silver Cup offered by Wm. W. Vert. 

 President C. S. A. 



Class P. 



Hitchings Silver Cup — For the best 

 in blooms. Yellow Chrysanthemum, 

 one variety on long steins. Open to 

 all. Offered by Hitchings & Co., Eliza- 

 beth, New Jersey. 



The complete list of prizes may be 

 had on application to W. A. Eagleson, 

 Secretary Board of Managers, The 

 American Institute 324 West 23d 

 Street, New York. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec. 



"MUM" EXHIBITORS WANTED. 

 Denver, Colo., Oct. 2. 

 Gentlemen: — 



I wish you would urge the florists 

 of the country who are interested in 

 "Mum" exhibitions to enter for the 

 prizes offered by the Denver Society 

 of Ornamental Horticulture. We are 

 offering a $50 first cash prize and $25 

 second cash prize, for the best 25 

 flowers of new chrysanthemum novel- 

 ties since 1917, five or more varieties. 

 We would like exhibitors to declare 

 their intentions to exhibit as soon as 

 possible. No entrance fee required, 

 open to the whole country. Exhibits 

 should be addressed to the Secretary, 

 S. R. DeBoer (charges prepaid), 208 

 Tramway Bldg., Denver, Colo. Colo- 

 rado and the west is anxious to see 

 the varieties of recent introduction. 



AllAM KOHANKIE, 



Supt. Washington Park. 

 Manager. 



PROF. LUMSDEN BACK. 

 Professor D. Lumsden. of Cornell 

 University, who has for the past 

 summer acted as director of the agri- 

 cultural reconstruction and landscape 

 work at the Walter Reed General 

 Hospital. Takoma Park, D. C, is now 

 back to his duties at the Department 

 of Floriculture, College of Agriculture, 

 Cornell University. 



NEW ENGLAND. 



Bailey Gaming, of Bethel, Conn., 

 has sold his extensive property in that 

 district, which consists of 112 acres 

 of land and numerous buildings, to 

 A. Nf. Stanley, of Lime Rock, a land- 

 scape gardener. Mr. Stanley has al- 

 ready taken possession of the prop 

 erty and intends to cultivate flowers 

 for the New York market. 



Police have been searching for a 

 bold daylight robber who entered the 

 home of Mrs. Rene Pilault, wife of tin- 

 superintendent of the Halifax, Mass., 

 Garden Company, yesterday afternoon, 

 and after binding and gagging her, 

 made good his escape with nearly $200 

 in cash. 



H. F. A. Lange, of Worcester, Mass., 

 is now raising a large part of the 

 stock which is sold in the large and 

 handsome store. The concern has 

 about 150,000 feet of glass and reports 

 an excellent season's business. Ran- 

 dall, the florist, of Worcester, says 

 that business is ahead of that of last 

 year. Being a progressive florist he 

 is doing considerable local advertising 

 and finds that it pays. 



Herman J. Snyder, of Worcester, 

 has a nice lot of stevia coming along. 

 He also has some excellent violets 

 and about 15,000 bedding plants. 



W. J. Wood, of Worcester, has been 

 cutting a big crop of asters this fall. 

 He is devoting considerable attention 

 indoors to primroses and sweet peas. 



The Quarry Floral Co. of Worces- 

 ter, is putting up three new houses in 

 a central location and expects to do a 



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