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HORTICULTTJEE 



July 1, 19Ui 



J. 



H. SIVI 



FLORISTS 



& SOIMS 



NEW YORK and 

 WASHINGTON 



Announce the removal of their New York store to 



SOS MADISON AVENUE, AT S2d STREET 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 15th and H Streets 



Floral and Landscape Work 



NEW YORK— Waldorf-Astoria 

 and 505 Madison Ave. 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



The flower markets have agreed to 

 close at noon on Saturdays during the 

 months of July and August. 



Richard R. Haley, a well known 

 florist of Everett, and Miss Anna T. 

 Tehan were married on June 23. 



Miss Genevieve Frances, daughter of 

 Mr. and Mrs. P. Schuyler Mathews, 

 was married to Francis Alley Hubbard 

 at Cambridge, Mass., on June 26. 



Dudley M. Pray of the Eastern 

 Chemical Co., .Jamaica Plain, tells us 

 that the company suffered considerable 

 damage by fire and water on Saturday, 

 June 10, the roof being entirely burnt 

 off the company's building. That the 

 company is a live wire, however, is 

 shown by the fact that they are still 

 doing business at the old stand. 



Covering one end of the smaller ex- 

 hibition room of Horticultural Hall, 

 the painting recently designed and 

 painted by pupils of the Boston Mu- 

 seum of Fine Arts, is now in place. 

 The design of the decoration is a for- 

 mal garden crowned by the seal of 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 and surrounded by festoons of flowers. 

 It is 28 by 14 feet and is directly oppo- 

 site the entrance to the small hall. 



The annual picnic of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club has been arranged 

 for Thursday, July 27th, and the Com- 

 mittee on Sports is asking for contri- 

 butions for prizes. During past years 

 the appeal of the committee has been 

 most liberally resiwnded to, and there 

 seems little doubt that the small 

 amount now needed will be quickly 

 subscribed. The committee requests 

 that the contributions be for small 

 sums. It is the purpose of the com- 

 mittee to make this a banner year and 



FLOWERS BY TEIEGBAPH 



SAN FRANCISCO 



CAXIFORNIA 



Pelicano, Rossi & Co. 



12a KEARNY ST. 



keep up tlie rccdrd for a good day's 

 fun to be enjoyed by all the members 

 and families. 



CHICAGO. 



A. Henderson considers the season 

 just closed as a fair one tor the seed 

 business. They have already received 

 a shipment of Purity freesias. 



It is the plan of Paul Klingsporn to 

 have all the employees of the Chicago 

 Flower i^irnwers' Association take vaca- 

 tions in turn. Michael Pink leading 

 off next Saturday. 



Mrs. Phil Schupp and daughter left 

 this week for their cottage at William's 

 Bay, Wis., where they will spend the 

 summer. Mrs. T. A. Endlong has been 

 there for some time. 



The bedding season is about over. 

 The cold spring made it late in open- 

 ing, but for the same reason it has 

 been unusually long. The parks are 

 beautiful, the soft green of the foliage 

 retaining the freshness of early spring. 



P. J. Foley modestly asserts that his 

 fish story may not be given the cred- 

 ence it deserves but stoutly affirms 

 that it is true. While enjoying some 

 fishing in the lakes of northern Minne- 

 sota he lassoed a black bear — swim- 

 ming in the water, but bruin was so 

 eager to share the seat in the boat 

 that they were obliged to set him free. 

 Since his return they have shipped 

 material for two large greenhouses to 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Senate has called uix)n the 

 Federal Trade Commission to make an 

 mvestigation to ascertain the cause of 

 the increase in the price of anthracits 

 coal. 



William M. Hetherington, Philadel- 

 phia, IS spending a month with his 

 brother, J. Harper Hetherington, mana- 

 ger of the Washington Floral Com- 

 pany's Store. 



Hanover, Mass.— Miss Lottie Peter- 

 son, who has been at the Hanover 

 Greenhouse for some time, has taken 

 a position in the store of the firm in 

 Rockland. 



NEW YORK. 



The Greek-American Florists' Asso- 

 ciation will hold its annual picnic at 

 Witzel's Point Grove on Thursday, 

 July 6. 



Walter R. Siebrecht, who has been 

 on the sick list for several weeks is 

 better and has gone to Lake George to 

 recuperate. 



The N. Y. and N. J. Plant Growers' 

 -Association started with a full delega- 

 tion for their 3 days' outing on Tues- 

 day, June 27. 



Wni. Nilsson. Woodlawn. is confined 

 to his bed with a very bad case of in- 

 flammatory rheumatism which has been 

 coming on for a considerable time. 

 Mr. Nilsson's property on which are 

 his greenhouses and nursery has been 

 condemned for the extension of Bronx 

 Park and he will soon be obliged to 

 vacate. 



Quite a number of young men con- 

 nected with the floral trade of New 

 York have joined their regiments and 

 departed for the Mexican border. 

 -•Vmong them are John Knickman from 

 Bobbink & Atkins. Julius Mason from 

 the Kervan Co., who is in Co. G. 71st 

 Reg., Wm. McGann, 14th Reg. from J. 

 J. Coan's. Arthur Clarke, corporal in 

 7th, of David Clarke's Sons, Jos. Lei- 

 kens, retail florist, captain in 7th Reg.. 

 Stephen Masur's chauffeur, Charles H. 

 Brown's son, an employee of Woodrow 

 & Marketos, Robert M. Burnett. 4th N, 

 J. Reg., second son of George Burnett 

 seedsman. David Tboni, also an em- 

 ployee of Burnett Bros. 



Springfield, Mass.-A thief attempt- 

 ed to make off with the contents of the 

 money drawer at Mark Aitken's store 

 last Thursday afternoon, but he was 

 overcome after a bard battle and 

 taken to the police station. His name 

 IS Wm. Clancy. 



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