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HORTICULTUEB 



March 21, 1914 



THE RIBBON H O LJ S E 



5CHLOSS BROS. 



31-33 East 28th Street, NEW YORK 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



Florists' Ribbons, Chiffons and Novelties 



Visitors welcome at our store and at our Exhibit at Flower Show in Grand Central Palace. 



HART'S HANDY HANDLE 



A Florist's 

 Necessity 



nu iecnrely on nny standard pot and by the nse of a little chlf- 1 12 Inches high, $2.60 per doz. 4 24 Inches high, |6.00p«r4oa. 

 ten or ribbon gives yju a Basltet effect at a very small additional 2 15 " " 3 50 " " 5 30 " " 8 60 " •* 



•zpcnie. Increasing the price of your plants 100 per cent 3 18 " " 4.00 " " 8 36 " " 9.00 " " 



At Tour Dealer's or Direct. 



GEO. B. HART, Manufacturer, 24 to 30 Stone Street, Rochester, N.Y. 



be a gardener. Don't trust to luck. And, 

 above all else, don't liave too many 

 'don'ta.' " 



The above is a sample of the way 

 the Philadelphia papers reported Mr. 

 Fuld after his lecture there on the 

 13th. The assertion that the seed 

 catalogues are unreliable seems a 

 pretty large order. Isn't this an asper- 

 sion on the wholei seed trade of the 

 country by one of its own members? 



stock will be practically gone. Mr. 

 Oechslin expects to attend the Flower 

 Show in New York and, as he served 

 his apprenticeship in the East, he 

 knows just what a treat is in store for 

 him. 



plants in inch pots at 2i^c. per plant, 

 and every fiorist has sold more than 

 ever before. Special boxes were of- 

 fered by the florists, the invention of 

 a local florist, and so arranged as to 

 safely carry two plants in 2-inch pots. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



The Reissig Greenhouses at River- 

 side, 111., one of the oldest florist es- 

 tablisments near Chicago have been 

 sold, including 80 acres of land. There 

 Is a large new range of greenhouses 

 on the property. 



Phil Schupp, manager for J. A. 

 Budlong, says this has been a remark- 

 able year for lily of the valley in 

 that the sales were steady from the 

 beginning of the season to the present 

 time. Lent, which usually cuts into 

 the sales, has made almost no differ- 

 ence so far. The quality of the pips 

 has proved first class, though some 

 apprehension was felt at the time of 

 their late arrival. 



The Chicago Retailers' Association 

 are making preparations for an ex- 

 tensive exhibit of flowers and florists' 

 supplies at their next regular meeting. 



All sorts of conflicting reports are 

 afloat concerning the cut lily supply 

 for Ea.ster, and each grower seems to 

 have an experience differing from all 

 others. By sifting the evidence as 

 much as possible the conclusion Is 

 reached that there are many gigan- 

 teums not up to the average in height, 

 and some real danger of flowers open- 

 ing too soon should the weather be 

 bright for some days preceding the 

 very late Easter. 



At Frank Oechslin's, greenhouses, 

 where plants are grown exclusively, 

 the Easter stock is at a most interest- 

 ing stage. Rhododendrons are care- 

 fully shaded, the plants large, finely 

 branched and buds just bursting. 

 There is .a fine lot of azaleas and 

 much of the stock is of the newer 

 and choice varieties. Several houses 

 of roses will be just in time. Bulb 



The excitement over the arrest of 

 C. M. Dickinson, former manager of 

 E. H. Hunt, Inc., at Stony Butte, Mon- 

 tana, by C. E. Pruner, traveling sales- 

 man for and one of the stockholders 

 in the company, on the charge of em- 

 bezzlement, as stated in our last issue, 

 has subsided and the matter brought 

 to a halt by the refusal of the gov- 

 ernor of Montana to sign the extradi- 

 tion papers necessary to secure Mr. 

 Dickinson's return to Illinois. Mr. 

 Pruner is now in Texas and the mat- 

 ter will rest till his return. There 

 was some irregularity in the making 

 out of the papers, which have been 

 held over a year. 



About fifty Chicagoans attended the 

 joint meeting of the Illinois and In- 

 diana State Florists' Association at 

 Danville, 111., March 10-11, and a very 

 enthusiastic meeting is reported. The 

 attendance was more than double that 

 of any previous meeting of either 

 association. The exhibits of cut 

 flowers were extremely good and the 

 exhibitors spared no pains to make a 

 creditable showing, while the display 

 of various kinds of supplies were of 

 general interest to the trade. It was 

 a disappointment, however, so far as 

 the booking of orders went, for the 

 first evening was given over to the 

 banquet and the second day was spent 

 at the State Agricultural College at 

 Urbana, 111., and most of the florists 

 left immediately afterwards for home. 



KOMADA BROS. 



Manufacturers of aU Kinds of 



WIRE DESIGNS and FLORISTS SUPPLIES 

 1008 Vine St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Six years ago a few hundred sham- 

 rock plants were ordered from the 

 East and sold to the retailers, who 

 disposed of them as novelties to a 

 public always on the watch for some- 

 thing new. Each year has seen the 

 sales of Ireland's favorite plant grow, 

 and this year surpasses anything 

 known here before. For three days 

 one of the large department stores 

 has been disposing of thousands of 



Schloss Bros., new ribbon headquar- 

 ters at 33 East 28th street, is well 

 worth a visit from any florist attend- 

 ing the big flower show. It is right In 

 the wholesale cut-flower district which 

 is frequented by the entire trade, and 

 Mr. Schloss reports a large increase in 

 business since their opening six weeks 

 ago. The show room, on the first floor 

 of a new building, is 45 x 90 ft., finely 

 lighted for inspecting the many new- 

 fancy ribbons for the Easter trade, 

 and there are some handsome corsage 

 novelties also worth examining. 



UNITED REFRIGERATORS 



Sell Flowers and keep them In 

 best condition. All sizes Display 

 Ca«e«. Coolers, etc. Ask for 

 Catalog X4. 



UNITED REFRIGERATOR & ICE 

 MACHINE CO., Kenosha, Wis. 



