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nORTICULTUEE 



June 13, 1914 



A SERVICEABLE FLOWER DELIVERY CAR. 



The picture accompanying shows a 

 convenient little auto for anyone hav- 

 ing need for such a vehicle. It is used 

 by Chas. Millang for carrying flowers 

 from the greenhouses In Bayside to 



his New York store each morning and 

 has proved a handy and inexpensive 

 adjunct for many uses during the day. 

 There is a door which opens in the 

 back and a hood to protect the seat 

 in rainy weather. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Aster growers say their plants are 

 already forming buds. This means 

 that the stems will be short which in 

 turn means the returns are likely to 

 be the same. 



The friends of Robert Northam. for 

 many years sales-manager for George 

 Reinberg, are pleased to learn that he 

 is reported out of danger at the Wash- 

 ington Park Hospital, where he under- 

 went an operation for appendicitis 

 June 4. 



Kroeschell Bros, go on record for 

 the best business in their history. 

 Fred Lautenschlager says that at no 

 previous time has the demand been 

 so general for greenhouse boilers and 

 fittings, showing that the past year 

 must have been financially satisfac- 

 tory to flower growers. 



tion of Women's Clubs at the Auditori- 

 um this week, gave opportunity for a 

 very pretty stage decoration. Chicago 

 had been exploited as an ideal summer 

 resort and the 'weather man" had 

 been depended upon to make good 

 these claims, but with the fickleness 

 for which Chicago weather is noted, 

 the opening day was a sweltering one. 

 To offset this the large theatre stage 

 was transformed into an Italian gar- 

 den. A large white pergola was on 

 either side, over which vines were 

 draped, and under which walks led to 

 the sides of the stage. Overhead the 

 entire effect was that of a forest and 

 as a suggestion of coolness the result 

 w'as admirable. A hedge formed the 

 borders of the stage and urns filled 

 with plants added to the out-of-door 

 effect. 



Hoerber Bros, say that not a com- 

 plaint was received from all their 

 shipments of roses and carnations 

 Memorial week. Certainly their car- 

 nations look very wide awake, but the 

 trouble is that even the gro\v,er cannot 

 tell why his carnations are sleepy or 

 why they are not, so his experience 

 does not help him much for the next 

 time. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



An examination will be held in 

 Alexandria, Va., on June 29, for the 

 purpose of securing eligibles for the 

 position of landscape architectural 

 draftsman under the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



The opinion is frequently expressed 

 that floral pieces are no longer used 

 at large funerals, but the facts did not 

 bear this out at the Art Institute last 

 ■week when the body of Director 

 French lay in state. The floral offer- 

 ings were very many and a very large 

 proportion were of the made-up order, 

 beautiful and imposing and more easi- 

 ly handled than loose flowers could 

 have been. 



George H. Cooke is giving up his 

 store at Connecticut avenue and L 

 street, N. W., and will take temporary 

 quarters in the block below. The 

 building in which he is at present lo- 

 cated will be torn down and a modern 

 structure erected. When this has been 

 done Mr. Cooke will again take a store 

 there. 



The meeting of the General Federa- 



All unlimited telephone service in 

 business houses has been discontinued 

 in the District of Columbia, despite 

 the protests of the merchants, and be- 

 ginning with June 1, all bills will be 

 rendered on the message rate basis. 



A CORDIAL INVITATION 



I» extended to tbe trade t» yislt and 

 Inspect our new establishment, Ftfth 

 Avenue at 46tli Street, New York City. 



IMSF-ER 



by Telegrapli or otherwise for delivery 

 of Flowers to Steamers, Theatres, er 

 Residences In New York and vicinity 

 executed In best manner. 



Thos. F. Galvin, Inc. 



Established 1847 



Fifth Ave., at 46th Street, NEW YORK 

 THREE STORES IN BOSTON 



CHICAGO 



And Neighboring Towns 



Are Thoronghly Cohered by 



SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



{Member Florists Telegraph Dellrery). 



Flo\Terg:raTn or Mail Orders from florlflti 

 anywhere carefully filled and deUTer«4 

 onder tbe snpervision of 



GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



2221-2223 W. Madison St., CHICAGO. 



'Phone West 822 



Members Floriiti 



Telegraph 



Delivery 



REOTER'S 



STORES IN 



New London and Norwich, Conn, 

 and Westerly, R. I. 



We cover the territory between 



New Haven and Providence 



STAMFORD, CONN. 



''Quality Shop'' 



will take care of ail your erdera for d«- 

 aigms or cut flowera. 



Stamford Seed & Nursery Co., 43 Atlantlc'SL 



F. R. PIERSON CO. 



FLORISTS AND 

 PLANTSMEN 



TARRYTOWN ON HUDSON, - N. Y. 



Member of FlorUti' Talegrapb DellTery 



This decision of the telephone com- 

 pany will add materially to the over- 

 head expenses of the florists. 



A letter has been sent out hy Mr. 

 Gude in connection with the Smith 

 Memorial plans, which reads: "The 

 fommittee appointed at the Chicago 

 convention, has been continuously at 

 work since Its appointment, and has 

 decided that the monument should 

 take a form useful as well as orna- 

 mental in the shape of a memorial 

 building to the father of our charter. 

 The Committee, therefore, asks that 

 you now send in your subscriptions to 

 William F. Gude. chairman, 1214 F 

 street. Northwest, Washington, D. C, so 

 that the memorial may take tangible 



