December 20, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



539 



The Meyer Florists' Green Thread 

 is different from any other make. 

 Every spool contains 2 ounces of 

 actual thread, 16 ounces to a pound. 

 See that you get the Meyer Florists' 

 Green Thread and you will get the 

 very best thread in the world. Don't 

 take any substitutes. 



Manufactured by 



John C. Meyer Thread Co. 



BOSTON. MASS. Mills at Lowell, Mubh. 



For AD Flowers in Season Call on 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



1201 Race St. Philadelphia, Pa. 



EDWARD RE5D 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 R.nstead" St., Philadelphia. Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLE', ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufactured by 



W. J. COVYEE, Berlin N. Y. 



10.000 $2.50 60,000 $11.00 Sample free. 



For Sale by Dealers 



GEORGE B. HART 



WaOUESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St., Rochester, N. Y. 



CUT FLOWER BOXES 



EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO 



MANUFACTURERS 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



A Card This Size 



Costs only 00c. per Week 

 on Yearly Order 



It would keep your name and your 

 specialty before the whole trade. 



A half-Inch card costs ODly 45c. per 

 week on yearly order. 



called the wax myrtle, and is a fine 

 plant for decorative purposes, because 

 of the persistent character of its 

 leaves. In the North it drops its foli- 

 age fairly early, but the berries stay 

 on all winter. I like to use these 

 berries in window boxes, because of 

 the attraction which they have for the 

 birds. Chickadees in particular will 

 often drop down upon the boxes and 

 peck away at the little gray berries 

 which they seem to consider a delect- 

 able dainty. 



A vine that offers many possibili- 

 ties for house decoration at this sea- 

 son is the common Bittersweet, Celas- 

 trus scandens. The fruit has been 

 borne in great profusion this fall and 

 where the vines grow over trees or 

 walls the berries produce a handsome 

 effect. They lend themselves also to 

 artistic arrangements indoors. The 

 evergreen Bittersweet is not so useful 

 for indoor work even when fruiting 

 well. Yet there are many opportuni- 

 ties for displaying the pleasing green 

 leaves to advantage. 



The Lycopodiums. including the so- 

 called running pine and the standing 

 pine, will be depended upon of course, 

 to a large extent in making wreaths 



Of course, mountain laurel must not 

 be overlooked. A very large amount is 

 being used this season, although the 

 Society for the Preservation of Native 

 Plants sent out a bulletin urging that 

 great care be exercised in gathering 

 laurel. No doubt, irreparable damage 

 is done each season by laurel gather- 

 ers who are concerned only with im- 

 mediate results and neither look into 

 the future nor care about the loss 

 which the public will suffer, because 

 of their carelessness. It is true that 

 there are many sections where an 

 enormous number of plants may be 

 found. The writer knows of one sec- 

 tion in Eastern Massachusetts where 

 acres are covered with laurel. Yet in 

 time it will become extinct unless 

 some curb is put upon the laurel har- 

 vesters. There is no reason why there 

 shouldn't be an abundance of laurel 

 for decorative purposes for all time. 

 There seems to be no good reason 

 why the laurel should not be propa- 

 gated and planted much more freely 

 than in the past. 



A shrub much used for Yuletide de- 

 corations is Leucothoe Catesbaei. the 

 leaves of which lose their summer 

 green, and becomes bronze with the 

 approach of winter. L. axillaris is an- 

 other Leucothoe much used by florists 

 having smaller leaves than the first. 



From the South comes magnolia 

 grandiflora. which has grown in 



H. E. FROMEftT 



■Vholeaale Commission Florist 

 Choice Cut Rowers 



New Address. 143 West 28th St., NEW YORK 

 Telephones: 2200, 2201, Madison Square. 



— WM. P. FORD — 



Wholesale Florist 

 107 W. 28th Street. NEW YORK 



Telephone 5335, Farragut 



Call and Inspect the Bent Establishment 



In the Wholesale Flower District. 



WALTER F. SHERIDAN 



Wholesale Commission Dealer in 



CHOICE CUT FLOWERS 



133 Wee* ■"!>■ Street, New York 

 Telep!Miiiii*=4688-85M MadisoE. Square 



E.G. HILL CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



RIOHMOND, IND. 



TMease mention Horticulture when writing. 



REED <& KELLER 



122 West 26th St., New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We manufacture all our 



iital Designs. Baskets, Wire Wirk & Novelties 



and ure dealers In 



Decorative Glassware, Growers ami 



Florists' Requisites 



THE KERVAN CO 



Fresh Cut Decorative Evergreens 

 Highest Standard of Quality. Largest 

 Stock in America. Write for Illustrated 

 Catalog of Greens and Florists' Supplies 



119 W. 28th St., - - NEW YORK 



WILLIAM H. KUEBLER 



Brooklyn's Foremost and Best 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION HOUSE 



f '-'int Clsu Mario r«. -■ Ut HOWER- 



WUlonghby St. Brooklyn, I 

 WE WANT MORE SHIPPERS 



We have a numerous clientage of New 

 York City buyers and the demand exceeds 

 our supply. This is especially true of 

 Hoses. We have every facility and abund- 

 ant means and best returns are assured 

 for stock consigned to us. 



Address Your Shipments to 



UNITED CUT FLOWER CO., INC. 



Ill W. 28th St.. New York 



D. J. Tappas, Fres. 



FRANK J. REYNOLDS GO. 



Wholesale Florists 



Boston Co-operative Flower Market 



260 DEVONSHIRE: STREET 



BOSTON, MASS. 



