March 28, 1914 



nOETICULTURE 



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 tion With Our Standard Goods. The Letters We Offer Are Well Finished, Uniform in Color and First Class Every 

 Way. They Give Tone to Any Work Where They Are Used. Send for a Sample of Our Goods and of the 

 Cheap StKff Offered in Competition and Compare Them. That's All. We Buy No Job Lots. 



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■we hold to high standard. When there is anything new worth having we sell it. Special for this week : St. 



Patrick's Day Hats, Pipes and Other Conceits for sending out with March 17th orders. 



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PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



The Florist Supply House of America 



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 Necessity 



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nu Becureiy on nny standard pot and by the use of a little chlf- 

 Cao or ribbon gives you a Basket effect at a very small additional 

 ap«nie, increasing tbe price of your plants 100 per cent. 



1 12 Inches high, $2.50 per doz. 



2 15 " •• 3.50 " 



3 18 " '• 4.00 " " 



4 24 Inches high, ffi.OO per <U». 



5 30 " " 6.5U •■ 



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



place of meeting was postponed until 

 the time of the S. A. P. Convention in 

 Boston next August. 



The St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation held its meeting on St. Pat- 

 rick's night at the Washington Hotel. 

 The one important thing that was de- 

 cided upon was to invite the whole- 

 sale florists to make an exhibit of cut 

 stock and supplies at their next meet- 

 ing. A lunch was served after the 

 meeting. 



The Chicago Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation has a very complete showing 

 of plants and florists' supplies at J. L. 

 Raske's. All kinds of blooming plants 

 for Easter are included and all the 

 accessories so popular and attractive 

 are shown. A box of the new carna- 

 tion Philadelphia arrived in good con- 

 dition. At this writing, March 24, the 

 exhibit is incomplete. 



Notice is hereby given to members 

 of the Buffalo Florists' Club, fellow 

 florists and out-of-town florists and 

 growers, that an invitation has been 

 extended to inspect the greenhouses 

 of S. A. Anderson of 495 Elmwood 

 avenue on Sunday next and it is hoped 

 that a good delegation will be on hand 

 as there is something in store for all. 

 The able manager, .Tos. Streit will be 

 on the lookout that no one is over- 

 looked. 



The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Detroit 

 Florist Club meets on the first and 

 third Fridays of each month at 2.30 

 P. M. in the Florist Club's room. The 



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WIRE DESIGNS and FLORISTS SUPPLIES 

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officers of the organization are as fol- 

 lows: President, Mrs. E. A. Fetters; 

 vice-president, Mrs. Charles Plumb; 

 secretary, Mrs. N. J. Stahelin; treas- 

 urer, Mrs. Robert A. Rahaley; press 

 committee. Mr.s. Walter Toepke; audi- 

 tors, Mrs. G. Asman and Mrs. Jerome 

 Stock; social, Mrs. Schroeter and Mrs. 

 Warncke; house, Mrs. Poechelon; 

 membership, Miss Jean and Mrs. Mi- 

 chell; relief, Mrs. F. Pantke and Mrs. 

 Smith. 



DURING RECESS. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Rhododendrons are gaining in favor 

 each year as Easter plants and some 

 magnificent specimens will be offered 

 this year. At a local plant grower's 

 Pink Pearl is regarded as a fine addi- 

 tion to the older varieties. 



The spring openings at the big State 

 street stores call for the lavish use of 

 decorative materials this week. In 

 one store natural ferns and palms 

 were used exclusively, calling for sev- 

 eral thousands, while in others fes- 

 toons of prepared materials, largely in 

 green, were used. Some large vases 

 of natural roses were used on the 

 counters. 



The annual flower sale on the day 

 preceding Easter, at the Congress 

 Hotel, for the benefit of the Destitute 

 Crippled Children's Home, is each 

 year getting to be more of an event 

 with society people. The sum netted 

 last year was several thousand dollars, 

 and while that means just so many 

 dollars taken from the retailers' 

 Easter trade, so far they have donated 

 most of the flowers. Plants are also 

 included and hampers and the society 

 people fill their Easter wants without 

 visiting the florists. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — L. P. Graham 

 of Little Falls, N. Y., has purchased 

 the greenhouse business of Geo. A. 

 Relyea. 



Essex County, N. J., Florists' Club. 

 The Ladies' Night meeting of the 

 Essex Co. Florists' Club waa held on 

 Thursday evening, March 19th, at 

 Kreuger Auditorium and was a very 

 great success. The evening of enjoy- 

 ment was started with a fine menu. 

 During the dinner there was good mu- 

 sic and talent, whicli put guests and 

 members in good spirits. The enter- 

 tainment committee earned their vote 

 of thanks for the manner in which 

 they worked and the way they carried 

 out tlie entertainment and decoration. 

 A little speech making was in order 

 and the following gentlemen respond- 

 ed: J. K. Allen, A. H. Langjahr and 

 A. Guttman of New York. E. Jacobi, 

 president of the club of Irvington, N. 

 J., R. Yuill, chairman of the commit- 

 tee, and J. Rassbach. After the 

 speech-making dancing was enjoyed 

 until a late hour. Two hundred tick- 

 ets were distributed for the New York 

 Flower Show among the members. 

 The entertainment committee was 

 composed of the following: R. Yuill, 

 chairman, J. Rassbach, W. L. Jones, 

 A. Deisler, Chas. Deisler, J. L. Puffer, 

 E. Kemp. J. J. McLoughlin and Wil- 

 liam Muller. The next meeting will be 

 held on the 16th of April. 



J. M. White. 



Baltimore, Md. — Pierce & Co., 

 wholesale florists on No. Charles 

 street, have bought G. V. Smith's 

 floral place on Madison avenue and 

 will make extensive Improvements 

 which they expect to complete by May 

 1. 



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