July 29, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



147 



BUY YOUR FALL SUPPLIES NOW 



New Stock is in. Ready for You. A Rare Shipment of Im- 

 ported Goods Just Received. Don't Miss This Chance 



Stock up now and have the goods to show customers. Send for prices and 

 you will be astonished to see how much you can do with a Httle money when 

 you go straight to headquarters— THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



and treasurer, and will open a whole- 

 sale plant and bulb salesroom on the 

 basement floor of the Coogan building, 

 corner W. 26th street and Sixth ave- 

 nue. Auction sales will be held every 

 Tuesday and Friday, beginning with 

 September 12 when decorative stock 

 and bulbs will be offered, and con- 

 tinuing until after the holidays. There 

 is a large contingent of trade buyers 

 uptown to whom this new enterprise 

 should prove a great convenience. The 

 store will have an area of about in, 000 

 square feet. 



CINCINNATI. 



A. J. Gear left on Tuesday on a six 

 weeks' trip to Idaho and Spokane, 

 Wash. 



Mr. and Mrs. Gus Adrian, Jr., have 

 returned from their honeymoon spent 

 at tlie Cheneaux. 



Frank Ball, formerly of this city, is 

 now with Lester F. Benson, of In- 

 dianapolis, Ind. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Conger, of Hart- 

 well, this city, have returned after 

 two weeks spent at Wichita, Kansas 

 and Chicago. 



erick Feaison, Jlrs. Hamilton Rice, Mrs. 

 William G. Weld. .Mrs. J. J. Wvsong. 



The offer of the Hilltop Inn 

 grounds for the annual mid-summer 

 flower show, to be held with the New- 

 port Horticultural Society, August 

 17-19, was accepted. This promises to 

 be the best flower show in size an,l 

 importance of exhibits ever held in 

 Newport. 



WASHINGTON. 



William J. Gait, formerly employed 

 by Becker, in Philadelphia, is now with 

 George C. Shaffer. George C. Dalg- 

 leish, of the same store, is away on a 

 week's vacation. 



Albert Schnell, manager for the Leo 

 Niessen Company, has returned from a 

 short visit to Atlantic City. He made 

 the trip accompanied by Mrs. Schnell 

 in their automobile. 



Lilium regale, a new offering in this 

 market, is meeting with considerable 

 popularity and has been in very good 

 demand since its arrival. This new 

 lily, an outdoor one. seems to be sup- 

 planting longiflorum lilies for funeral 

 work at this time, whether because of 

 its novelty or general usefulness has 

 not yet been generally determined, 

 but it looks very good. The stock is 

 lieing marketed here through the S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Company. 



The prosperity wave seems to have 

 hit the store of William Marche for 

 extensive improvements are there be- 

 ing undertaken in addition to the erec- 

 tion on his property in Hyattsville, 

 Md., of one greenhouse 35x125 feet and 

 another house the same depth and 12 

 feet wide. The store, at 14th and H 

 streets, is quite small. An expendi- 

 ture of some $2,000. however, is to pro- 

 cure the erection of a new front which 

 will extend beyond the presen front 

 about three feet and be 20 ..jcn in 

 length. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the annual sweet pea show in 

 Worcester, Jlass., last week, the bas- 

 kets, table centerpieces and vases ar- 

 ranged for effect added greatly to the 

 charm of the exhibition. These were 

 done principally by ladies. Japan 

 irises from Allen J. Jenkins were very 

 fine. 



The fourth annual summer conven- 

 tion of tlie Illinois State Horticultural 

 Society will be held at The Orchards 

 of A. L. McClay, near Roodhouse, 

 Tuesday, August 1, 1916. Orchard 

 management seems to be the only 

 horticultural topic in which this 

 society is interested. 



The annual exhibition of flowers, 

 fruits and vegetables under the aus- 

 pices of the Andover Gardeners' Club, 

 the Andover Village Improvement So- 

 ciety and tlie Andover Guild, will be 

 held in the town hall, Andover, Mass., 

 on Sept. 8 and 9. Numerous prizes 

 are offered for asters, dahlias, peren- 

 nial garden flowers, etc. 



Dallas, Tex. — A reception is ex- 

 tended to Secretary John "i mg, of 

 the S. A. F.. by the florists of Dallas 

 and other localities in Texa.-, on Mon- 

 day evening, July 17, at th. Oriental 

 Hotel. 



At the annual meeting of the New 

 port Garden Club, held at the resi- 

 dence of Mrs. J. J. Wysong on Ochre 

 point, the following officers and gov- 

 erning board were re-elected: 



Presideut — Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman. 



Vice-President — Mrs. Thomas J, Em- 

 ery. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Frederick 

 Pearson. 



Members of the Board — Mrs. George 

 Lothrop Bradley. Mrs. Elisba Dyer. Jr., 

 Mrs. Thomas J. Emer.v. Mrs. G. Richmond 

 Fearing. Jr.. Mrs. William Grosvenor. Mrs. 

 Lawrence L. Gillespi. Mrs. Charles F. 

 Hoffman, Jlrs. Pembroke .Tones, Mrs. Fred- 



Last Saturday evening about thirty 

 members of the Violet Growers Mutual 

 Association, Rhinebeck, N. Y., assem- 

 bled at the Town Hall for their an- 

 nual meeting. President Charles R. 

 Traver presided and after routine 

 business the election of oflicers was 

 held. All the directors were re-elected 

 with the exception of A. C. Toof, 

 whose place was taken by Fred Moore 

 of Red Hook. All the officers includ- 

 ing F. L. Asher, secretary and treas- 

 urer, and Charles R. Traver, president, 

 were re-elected. Mr. Asher reported 

 seventy-seven members for last year 

 which is less than usual. Originally 

 there were nearly twice that number 

 of growers but many have discon- 

 tinued their efforts and are now en- 

 gaged in other lines of business. An 

 interesting fact was brought out that 

 the Association last season paid over 

 $10,000.00 for coal which means about 

 2,000 tons. A discussion on publicity 

 for "Rhinebeck Violets" was brought 

 about by the remarks of FYed Moore 

 who favored a picnic and Nelson Coon 

 who favored advertising in the trade 

 papers. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Hartford, Ct.— Rose Hill Floral Co.. 

 capital stock, $50,000. Incorporators, 

 Louis L. Barton, A. P. Pitner and 

 Ralpli -M. Grant. 



York, Pa. — Anderson Bros. Co., 

 seedsmen, capital stovk $40,000. 'In- 

 corporators, James, James T. and 

 W'ni. J. Anderson. 



Asheville, N. C— Strieker Seed Co., 

 22 West College street, capital stock, 

 $30,000. Incorporators, M. P. Hoffman. 

 Mrs. Annie D. Martin, Stephen and J. 

 G. Adams, J. G. Merriman and L. R. 

 Strieker. 



