October 12, 1912 



HOBTICULTURE 



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THE" FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



Novelties and Necessaries for Fall Trade 



CORK BARK • Richest and most decorative rustic material for covering boxes and many otlier 

 v«x/iviY DX«ivi% , purposes. Indispensable to all up-to-date florists. 



BIRCH BARK l Excellent and artistic for smooth work on pedestals, etc. 



C£DAR BARK • Trimmed, selected stock, useful for many purposes, especially where inexpensive 

 effects are desired. 



In brown, green, leather, cherry 

 red, brown and two tone. 



IDEAL PREPARED OAK AND BEECH SPRAYS 



SOMETHING NEW! 



RED SEA MOSS 

 RED CORAL MOSS 



Very dainty and charming when 

 mixed in with magnolia leaves, 

 etc., in making sprays. 



Note Especially: 



LOMARIA FERNS in autumn shades. 

 BRAZILIAN MOSS for sprays. 



RED RUSCUS PINE CONES 



H. BAYERSDORFER ®» CO. 



THE ^'''>^'^''^' *^^S^l,s^ OF AMERICA 



1129 ARCH STREET 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



PERSONAL. 



James Rough, of Boston has taken 

 a position with S. J. Reuter & Son, 

 florists. Westerly, R. I. 



Mr. and Mrs. William Penn, of Bos- 

 ton, have just returned from a trip 

 to New York, Baltimore and Wash- 

 ington. 



P. H. Kramer, formerly of Wichita, 

 Kan., is now in charge of the green- 

 houses of J. E. Yates, 308 East Spring- 

 field avenue. Champaign, 111. 



John Chisholm, employed by Ber- 

 teimann Bros. Co., florists, Indianapo- 

 lis, Ind., has accepted a position with 

 Gude Bros, Washington, D. C. 



Benjamin Allmond, formerly of New 

 York, N. Y., has accepted the position 

 of superintendent of the L. A. Thomp- 

 son estate at Glen Cove, L. I., N. Y. 



James Russell, formerly with Win- 

 sel's seed store, 211 South Main street, 

 Los Angeles, Calif., is now in charge 

 of the farm of H. N. Gage, at Monte- 

 bella. 



Fred Miller, for many years with 

 Gude Bros., Washington, D. C, has 

 accepted a position with W. W. 

 Scholtz, florist, 306 North Tyron street, 

 Charlotte, N. C. 



Kenney Davis, formerly foreman at 

 the Anacostia greenhouses of F. H. 

 Kramer, has accepted a position with 

 Ratclifte & Tanner, 25 West Broad 

 street, Washington, D. C. 



Boston visitors: — Stephen Green, 

 representing H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. 

 Philadelphia; R. Schoch represent- 

 ing "The House of Rice." Philadel- 

 phia; A. E. Thatcher, Bar Harbor, Me. 

 Dan. Whittle, Albany, N. Y.; W. Atle.- 

 Burpee, Philadelphia. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



J. A. Peterson called on his trade in 

 Louisville, Ky., for several days last, 

 week. 



C. E. Critchell has increased his 

 force by two to take care of his larger 

 volume of business. 



Peter Weiland had the first violets 

 in the market. The quality, consider- 

 ing the early time for them, is excel- 

 lent. 



On last Friday afternoon Myer Hel- 

 ler held a reception at the Hill-Heller 

 store, to his friends and those of the 

 public interested in flowers. 



The wedding of Miss Florence Wind- 

 ram and Oliver Hetsch took place last 

 Wednesday. After their honeymoon 

 the newlyweds will reside in Lees- 

 burg, Fla.. where Mr. Hetsch takes 

 charge of the Lake Shore Ferneries. 



Visitor: Wm. Gardner, manager of 

 P. J. Olinger's greenhouses. New Cas- 

 tle. Ind. 



Cleveland visitors — Robert Rahaley 

 and Walter Taepke, Detroit, Mich. 



In reading the advertisement of R. 

 M, Ward on page 500, take particular 

 notice of Mr. Ward's claim that lilies 

 will pay for a greenhouse quicker rhan 

 the profits of any other article. This, 

 if true, (and we have no reason to 

 question it) is a vitally important fact 

 and paves the way for an att Mitive 

 reading of the rest of Mr. Ward's prop- 

 osition. 



NEW YORK NOTES. 



The death is announced of Herbert 

 A. Joslin at Allston, Mass., on Oct. 3, 

 aged 55 years, and at one time a well- 

 known New York florist. The funeral 

 took place at Allston on the 6th inst, 



Julius Walter, of the Stumpp & 

 Walter Co., who has been suffering 

 for the past three weeks from a severe 

 attack of pneumonia, is now, we are 

 pleased to report, well on the road to 

 recovery. 



Louis Grossman, who was on the 

 J H. Staren estate at Glen Island, N. 

 Y., and latterly with Ernest Flagg, 

 Esq., Dongan Hills, S. I., has now 

 charge of the floral arrangements and 

 plants at the Hotel Astor. 



The wedding of Ailing Woodruff to 

 Miss Dorothy Blackball is announced 

 to take place at Woodmont, Conn., on 

 Oct. 17 and the honeymoon will be 

 spent in Europe. Mr. Woodruff is of 

 the firm of S. D. Woodruff & Sons and 

 is located at their Dey street ware- 

 house. 



Visitor: 

 Boston. 



J. B. Shea, Supt. of Parks, 



INCORPORATED. 



Boston, Mass. — Zinn's Flower Shop, 

 capital stock $5,000. Incorporators, 

 Clarence W. Rowley. Olivia F. Zinn, 

 Annie P. Magee. 



Columbus, O. — San Pedro Develop- 

 ment Co., to conduct nurseries, or- 

 chards and vegetable gardens. Capi- 

 tal stock $25,000. Incorporators, A. S. 

 W. Huffman, C. A. McAllister. J. L. 

 Baker. F. M. Hammond and F. N, 

 Hammond. 



