November 11, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



66* 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



J. Harper Hetherington, formerly 

 with F. H. Kramer, is now with the 

 Washington Florists' Co. 



Robert Schoek called on many of the 

 local florists last week in the interests 

 of M. Rice & Co., of Philadelphia. Mr. 

 Schoek reports business to be quite 

 good with him on this trip. Among 

 other traveling men in town were Mr. 

 Knight, of Knight & Struck, and Mr. 

 Goudy, with H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia. 



F. H. Kramer gave a surprise party 

 for Miss Olive, daughter of Sergeant 

 Charles A. Stevens of Anacostia on the 

 occasion of her fourteenth birthday. 

 Among the florists of Anacostia, who 

 were present were Mr. and Mrs. F. H. 

 Kramer and Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus 

 Gude. A very pleasant evening was 

 spent. 



A good many merchants in different 

 lines are employing cut flowers in the 

 decoration of their display windows 

 and stores and there are quite a num- 

 ber of opportunities to make contracts 

 for the supply of flowers in season. 

 Jewelers, opticians and shoe mer- 

 chants, showing shoes for evening 

 wear, utilize flowers to a greater or 

 lesser extent. 



Gude Bros., 1214 F Street, N. W-, last 

 week held a grand flower show on their 

 own. account. Ninety or a hundred va- 

 rieties of chrysanthemums were dis- 

 played, some of them with up to six- 

 foot stems. For a depth of ISO ft. and 

 a width of 40 ft., the entire street floor 

 was a mass of color set off by ferns 

 and palms. Myriads of small power 

 electric lights in all colors softened the 

 intense light of the higher power 

 Tungstens. The walls were covered 

 with southern smilax. In the green- 

 house at the rear was a rustic bower 

 fifteen feet in height covered with 

 smilax, American Beauty and Ra- 

 diance roses while around this were 

 jars of chrysanthemums and Beauties. 

 A remarkable part of this display was 

 the fact that the Radiance roses placed 

 on Sunday remained intact the follow- 

 ing Saturday. The store was packed 

 from opening until closing, people 

 coming from long distances, and in all 

 sorts of equipages, to view this hand- 

 some scene. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



The A. Brix Floral Co., who run a 

 retail store at 1518 St. Louis Ave., have 

 leased their green house plant at Mc- 

 Laren and Mead Ave. to Albert Hirl- 

 mann. 



J. J. Beneke, Jr., son of J. J. 

 Beneke, was married last week to 

 Miss Viola Walsh. Mr. Beneke was 

 formerly with his father and is now 

 with the Wesco Electrical Co. as as- 

 sistant purchasing agent. 



The Retail Florists' Association's 

 bill No. 13 before the House of Dele- 

 gates, to prohibit crepe pulling, was 

 defeated last week at the meeting of 

 the House. The members say the bill 

 was not properly made up as pre- 

 sented. They will try again. 



The Bentzen Floral Co. have sold 

 their stock and leased the greenhouses 

 at 4025 Marcus avenue to Joe Hamerle 

 who was until recently foreman of the 

 Grimm & Gorley greenhouse plants. 

 The Bentzens will devote all their 

 time to their retail store at :U18 N. 

 Grand Ave. 



For a limited time, we offer our 6ui-»1uh 

 stocks of the celebrated 



W-P Mushroom Spawn 



the best English brick — made by the 



most expert mushroom growers in Eng- 



laml — at reduced price, to 



MAKI 



ROOM 



for other crops now arriving 1 . Regular 



price $7.00 per 100 lbs. Until further 



notice special price: 



$6 per 100 lbs. 



GEORGE C. WATSON 



Dob.on Bldg. , 9th and Market St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



FORCING TOMATO PLANTS 



in 2y 2 inch pots at $20.00 per M in the fol- 

 lowing varieties: Comet, Sutton's, Winter 

 Beauty, Sutton's Best Of All, Sutton's 

 Abundance, Sutton's A 1. 



Cabbage and Lettuce Plants in unlimited 

 quantities and best market varieties. 



FOX HALL FARM, 



NORFOLK, VA. 



ONION SETS 



HEADQUARTERS FOR THE EAST. 



We carry large stocks of choice quality 

 at both our Orange, ConD., and New York 

 City houses. Full line all varieties of Gar- 

 den and Flower Seeds. Trade List on ap- 

 plication. 



S. D. WOODRUFF A SONS. 



88 I>ey Street, 

 Orange, Conn. New York City. 



BOSTON NOTES. 



A shipment of about 30,000 fine 

 azaleas has been received by the Win. 

 W. Edgar Co. of Waverly. 



Some new and valuable orchids 

 from England have been recently 

 added to the collection of J. T. But- 

 terworth of South Framingham. 



Between landscape work and his 

 new flower store at 199 Tremont 

 street, Harry Quint is kept very busy. 

 Mr. Quint is a graduate of one of the 

 foremost agricultural schools and is 

 a landscape artist of no mean ability. 

 He comes from a family of florists. 



At the meeting of the stockholders 

 of the Boston Co-operative Flower 

 .Market, 2 Park street, on Nov. 4, 

 John McFarland was elected presi- 

 dent, Donald Carmichael treasurer 

 and William W. Tailby clerk. These 

 with the following comprise the board 

 of directors: Edward Wood, Robert 

 Montgomery, Norris F. Comley, Wil- 

 liam H. Elliott, James Wheeler and 

 Elijah Cartwright. A 10 per cent, divi- 

 dend was declared and a good surplus 

 left in the treasury. 



About three centuries ago there 

 lived in North Europe a man 

 by name of Ochus Bochus. 

 i le was a born conjurer and it 

 became customary in those days 

 for a conjurer to say "Ochus 

 Bochus" when he performed a 

 trick, instead of firing off a pis- 

 tol like sleight-of-hand profes- 

 sors do nowadays. Later day 

 spelling changed the phrase to 

 " Hocus-pocus," which means 

 tricky. Now in the bulb busi- 

 ness there are salesmen who 

 would fare better if they would 

 only come right out and say 

 " Hocus-pocus " when they 

 make a sale and be done with it; 

 for Hocus-pocus sales bounce 

 back like a rubber ball, and it's 

 the back-draft that hurts busi- 

 ness. If every salesman had to 

 face the back-draft he would be 

 more careful in his sales. Look 

 out for the Hocus-pocus sales- 

 men ; those promisers who 

 change their name to John Doe 

 after the sale is made. Buy 

 good bulbs, pay enough for 

 them, and then insist upon get- 

 ting what you pay for. In lily 

 bulbs there is no better brand 

 than Horseshoe Brand, and if 

 you buy them there is no need 

 of empty promises and persua- 

 sive methods because they must 

 make good to uphold their good 

 name. No Hocus-pocus about 

 them, that's a sure thing, and 

 no secrets in their make-up. 

 Prices are as reasonable as we 

 can afford. Write us. 



Not Bow ChMf 

 ■ul Uo» Q«*4 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. 



12 West Broadway 



NEW YORK CITY 



Easter Lily Bulbs for 

 Immediate Delivery 



