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HORTICULTURE 



March 28, 1914 



New Offers In This Issue ^^ower Market Reports 



BULBS, PLANTS, AND SEEDS. 



S, S. Sliidelsky & Co.. I'liiladolplila, Pa. 

 For page see List of Adverlisers. 



EVERGREEN LAWN GRASS SEED. 



R. & J. Farqubar & Co., Koston, Mass. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



EASTER PLANTS 



Tnomas Roland, Naliant, Mass. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



EASTER LILIES, ROSES, ETC.— 

 FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. 



N. F. McCartli.v & Co., Boston, Mass. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



EASTER FLOWERS. 



Wni. P. Ford. New Y.Tk City. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



FLOWERS FOR EASTER. 



George C. Siebreolit. New Yorlt City. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



FLOWERS FOR EASTER. 



Badglcy Iticrtcl & Mp.ver New Yorlv City. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR EASTER 

 PLANTS. 



William W. Edgar Co.. Waverley, Mass. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



HADLEV ROSE— cut BLOOMS. 



■VVm. Stuart Alien Co., Now York City. 

 For page see I>ist of Advertisers. 



IRRIGATION SPRINKLER. 



J. P. Campkell, Jacksonville, Fia. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS AND 

 PROSTRATA. 



Mt. Desert Xursories, liar Harbor, Me. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



LILACS ON OWN ROOTS. 



Higlilands Nursery. Harlan l\ Kelsey, 



0\Aner. Salem, Mass. 



For page sec List of Advertisers. 



MISCELLANEOUS STOCK. 



The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 



Olii... 



For page see List of .\dvertisers. 



PAEON lES— TUBEROSES. 



J. M. Tliorburn & Co., New Y'ork City,. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



Old Town Nursories. So. Natick, Mass. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



PLANTLIFE. 



Piantlife Co., New York City. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



(Continued from pagf $01) 



nice cuts of Kaiserin promised for 

 Easter week. Carnations continue ex- 

 tra fine and very plentiful; a large 

 business is being done but at low 

 figures. The indications are that the 

 flush of the crop is on right now and 

 that by Easter there will not be quite 

 such a heavy cut. Lots of gardenias 

 are to be seen on the street, which is 

 a good indication that they are cheap. 

 Orchids are more plentiful, the most 

 conspicuous being Cattleya Schroe- 

 derae. Much business is being done 

 in sweet peas, which are splendid 

 stock, especially the Spencers; prices 

 quite moderate. Snapdragon is now- 

 better stock and more plentiful and 

 sells well. Southern daffodils and ar- 

 butus are in. 



The first day of spring 

 ST. LOUIS ended up with a snow 



storm and the second 

 day opened with one. These weather 

 conditions retard trade somewhat, but 

 do not seera to cut off the big supply. 

 The local market was so packed up 

 with stock of all kinds every day last 

 week that about all we can say for 

 this week is that trade has been very 

 dull. The demand could not come any 

 way near consuming the consignments. 

 Down town florists used thousands of 

 violets and sweet peas in special sales 

 at low prices. 



Business during the 

 WASHINGTON past week or ten 

 days has fallen to 

 a very low ebb and this condition, 

 witli a large supply of flowers, lias 

 caused jirices to drop considerably. 

 Carnations, roses and gardenias are 

 in large sujjply and can be had at a 

 very low fi.a;ure, while violets and 

 sweet peas, w'ith tlie exception of the 

 orchid-flowering variety, ran be bought 

 at less than $5 per thousand. Potted 

 plants in all ' varieties are meeting 

 with a fair sale, and the first of the 

 Easter crop is now coming in. The 

 present dullness is attributed in large 

 part to the local legislation enacted 

 and pending in Congress, a large por- 

 tion of which is detrimental to the 

 interests of good business. 



POPULAR PERENNIALS. 



I'allsades Nurseries. Inc., Sparkill, N. \. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



PRIZE WINNING PLANTS. 



Julius Roehrs Co., Rutiierford, N. J. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



QUALITY PLANTS FOR EASTER. 



■lolm McKenzle, No. Cambridge. Mass 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



RAMS HEAD GUANO. 



Wm. Elliott & Sous, New York City. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



RHODODENDRON CAROLINIANUM 



Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem. Mass. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



ROSE MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL. 



•S. S. Pennock-Meeliau Co., riiiiadelpiiia, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



"SEEDS WITH A LINEAGE." 



Carter's Tested Seeds. L<*sti>n. Mass. 

 For page see List of Ativertisers. 



WALLFLOWERS. 



IMannetto Hill Nurseries, Hicksville. N. "T. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Adam Graham of Cleveland, O., has 

 bought a Spanish castle in the Isle of 

 Pines. John Walker of Youngstown, 

 O., has bought twenty acres in the 

 same island. What do you suppose 

 these two buccaneers are up, to any- 

 way? 



Berger Bros, are now comfortably 

 established in their new quarters at 

 1225 Race street. This new move 

 gives them increased facilities in many 

 ways and they will be pleased to wel- 

 come all their old friends, and are pre- 

 pared to take good care of many new 

 ones. The firm is composed of Harry 

 and John Berger — both live wires in 

 the business and men whom it is a 

 pleasure to know. 



Obituary 



Melvln Folsom. 

 Melvin Folsom, for some years en- 

 gaged in the florist business, died at 

 his home in Rochester, N. H., on 

 March 10, after a long illness. His 

 age was 56 years. 



Omaha, Neb. — A boy of 17 years has 

 been arrested charged with breaking 

 into the flower store of John Bath ami 

 the larceny of $75. 



Byron L. Smith. 

 Many florists of Chicago will feel a 

 sense of personal loss in the death of 

 Byron L. Smith at his winter home, 

 2140 Prairie avenue, Chicago, March 

 22nd. He always responded when the 

 horticultural interests of Chicago and 

 vicinity were concerned, and from his 

 magnificent estate at Lake Forest, his 

 summer home, have come many at- 

 tractive exhibits for flower shows in 

 Chicago and Lake Forest. Briar Hill 

 is one of the finest of the north shore 

 estates. 



The Late Edward Meehan. 

 The death of Edward Meehan, which 

 was briefly annoimced in last issue, re- 

 moves a remarkable man in many 

 ways. He was one of the three broth- 

 ers, Thomas, Edward and Joseph Mee- 

 han, and while not in the limelight 

 like Thomas or Joseph, he was the 

 great worker of the outfit and practi- 

 cally ran the nurseries. He was a fine 

 propagator and grower and had a keen 

 gift for detecting variations and im- 

 provements. It was from his close ob- 

 servation and superior discernment 

 tliat many of the best new intro- 

 ductions of the firm were due and the 

 world at large owes him a tribute of 

 honor. He came from England when 

 he was 14 and was hard at work in 

 the nursery business for some 65 

 years — in fact he was practically in 

 harness until his death at the age of 

 79. Thomas was the scientist and 

 writer and gatherer of fame: .loseph 

 was office chief; and Edward the field 

 genei'al — a great outfit; two of whom 

 have now been gathered to their fath- 

 ers, full of years and honors, but leav- 

 ing worthy successors to carry on 

 their work. Joseph still remains with 

 us, hale and hearty and pretty active. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Ainsworth, la. — Arthur Peterson has 

 bought the Melinsky greenhouses. 



Chambersburg, Pa. — A new green- 

 house building establishment has been 

 formed by Hiram Plasterer, with of- 

 fice on Baltimore avenue. 



Baraboo, Wis. — E. T. Ross has pur- 

 chased the Wm. Peck greenhouses on 

 Fifth street and will remove them to 

 his place on Eighth street. 



Sioux City, la. — C. G. Johnson has 

 purchased the Peter Reard farm for 

 bis two nephews, who will conduct a 

 greenhouse and truck gardening busi- 

 ness. 



Southington, Ct. — The greenhouse 

 business of Olsen & Lundin, which was 

 placed in the hands of a receiver some 

 months ago, has been purchased by 

 Irving Michael, of Wallingford. 



St. Joseph, Mo. — The Kelsey Nur- 

 sery Company are about to erect a 

 frost-proof storage building, of brick 

 and tile, 140 x 180. close to the Rock 

 Island R, R. tracks. A brick office 

 20 X 30 will be attached. The cost will 

 be between $20,000 and $25,000. 



