November 25, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



735 



Your Last Chance ! 



W. J. ELLIOTT 



AUCTIONEER 



TO SECURE WHAT YOU WANT 



at the ELLIOTT AUCTION CO., 

 42 Vesey Street, New York, on 



FRIDAY, DEC. 1st, at 11 A. M. 



at which time we^will offer a Choice Collection of 

 i Conifers, Rhododendrons, Roses, Magnolias, Bulbs, 



i [Etc., Etc. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



F. H. Kramer has been elected a 

 member of the board of directors ot 

 the Provident Savings Hani;. 



R. J. Irwin, of New York, called 

 on the local trade last week. Mr. Ir- 

 win reports business to be very good 

 with him. 



Mayberry & Hoover have just com- 

 pleted the repainting of the front of 

 their store at 1339 Fourteenth street, 

 N. W., and other improvements to the 

 interior in preparation for the season's 

 business. 



Edward Bowers of the local branch 

 of the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., is 

 receiving the congratulations of his 

 many friends. The cause of all the 

 happiness in this case is the young 

 lady who last week became the bride 

 of Mr. Bowers. 



Edward Mangum will continue as 

 head gardener and in charge of the 

 greenhouses of the Gallaudet College. 

 Heretofore, Mr. Mangum had charge 

 also of the large farm connected with 

 the college but this latter will be 

 looked after by Harley 1). Drake. 



The Department of Agriculture has 

 opened five co-operating seed-testing 

 stations in connection with the local 

 laboratory, in California. Oregon, 

 Louisiana, Indiana and Missouri. Ar- 

 rangements have been made to have 

 seed samples tested for purity and for 

 germination. The department will 

 make not more than live tests for any 

 nil individual or organization in any 

 one month; this in order to give all a 

 chance of availing themselves of the 

 service. 



Miss Marie Gude, daughter of Mr. 

 and .Mrs. Adolphus Gude, of Good Hope 

 Road, Anacostia, D. C, last week be- 

 came the bride of Mr. Charles Burton 

 DeShields of this city. The ceremony 

 was performed in the Nev York 

 \. nue Presbyterian Church, and the 

 florists of 'Washington turned out en 

 masse. The church was beautifully 

 dei orated with pink chrysanthemums, 

 smilax. palms, ferns and autumn 

 leaves. The balconies were covered 

 with smilax and twig ba ontain- 



ing chrysanthemums. At the entrance 

 to every pew was a standard of white 

 chrysanthemums and autumn leaves 

 and the chancel was banked with these 

 and palms and ferns. Miss Esther 

 Gude, a sister of the bride, was one 



of the bridesmaids; Adolphus, Jr., a 

 brother, one of the ushers; and little 

 Miss Louise Gude, a cousin of the 

 bride, proved a verv charming flower 

 girl. C. L. LINZ. 



PERSONAL. 



Julius Roehrs, Si\, of Rutherford, N. 

 J., is on the sick list. 



Miss Claire Murphy, of Cincinnati, 

 who was recently operated upon for 

 apendieitis, is reported as convalesc- 

 ing nicely. 



Edward P. Aylward, florist, was mar- 

 ried on November 12th to Miss Mar- 

 garet Lynch of Woburn, Mass. They 

 will make their home in Woburn. 



Henri Beaulieu of Woodhaven. X. 

 Y.. who is now in Paris, writes us 

 concerning the scarcity of seeds in 

 Europe. Under date of Nov. 11, he 

 writes that there had been no frost up 

 to that date and annuals were bloom- 

 ing profusely in the gardens. Seed 

 crops, however, he says, are demoral- 

 ized and prices fluctuate from day to 

 day. He expresses the hope that 

 American growers will in the near 

 future raise their own seeds. 



Boston visitors: C. B. Knickman, 

 representing McHutchison & Co., New 

 York; Geo. Strange, representing S. 

 S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Valley City, N. D.— R. W. Moore is 



now in partnership with his brother, 

 Charles E. Moore, proprietor of the 

 Valley City Greenhouses. 



Freeport, III. — A large water tank 

 collapsed on November 6th at the 

 greenhouses of John Brauscher. Jr.. 

 doing damage estimated at about 

 $2,500. . 



Brookline, Mass. — .lames J. McElroy 

 of Dover, N. H., formerly gardener for 

 Thomas W. Lawson at Dreamwold, will 

 resume his business of florist and gar- 

 dener here. 



LATE DUG FORMOSUM 



Fine Large Bulbs Thoroughly Ripened 



Per loo looo 



7-9 in. (250 bulbs to case) {750 $65 00 

 9 10 in. (200 " " ) $11.00 J 100 00 



A. HENDERSON & CO. 



30 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO 



Horseshoe Brand Bulbs 

 for immediate shipment 



FORMOSUM 



6/7 $10.00 per case 350 bulbs 



6/8 15.00 " " 370 



7/9 18.00 " " 300 



GIGANTEUM 

 6/8 ?20.00 per case 400 bulbs 



7 s 21.00 " " 350 



7/9 22.50 *' " 300 



8 10 25.00 " " 250 



9 10 24.00 " " 200 



10/11 22.50 " " 150 



1112 22.00 " " 130 



ALL f. o. b. NEW YORK 



Terms •"> months or 5% for cash 

 with order. Cold Storage deliver- 

 ies ai any time during the season. 

 Fall deliveries of advance orders 

 for Japan Lily Bulbs can be made 

 f. o. 1.. \Y« Fork, Pittsburg, Chi- 

 Cincinnati, Memphie and 

 Toronto,, or any other city, in lots 

 of 250 cases, upwards. 

 Write us 



,,,,» Ralph M.Ward & Co. 



VM/f 12 West Broadway 

 NEW YORK CITY 



N'ot How Che«p 

 But How Good 



Headquarter* for 



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Flowerfield - LONG ISLAND, N.Y 



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 Vines, Cinnamon Vines 



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