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HORTICULTURE 



December [6, 11111 



SUCCESSFUL FLORISTS 



all over the country are uslnp McCray Refrigerators. 

 The circulation of air Is so strong and sternly that there 

 can be DO stagnation or dampness, so that your stock 

 will always he fresh and fragrant. Furthermore the 

 saving in Ice will more than pay for the cost. 



McCray Refrigerators 



will lend attractiveness to your shop. Beautifully made 

 and finished, they are lined with white enamel, opal 

 glass, tile, mirrors or marble, as you desire. Write 

 today for our catalog No. 72 which will give you ideas 

 how to add to the attractiveness of your establishment. 



McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO. 



■mhSam 353 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind. 



New lotk OIHce, 

 231 West 42nd St. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Holiday Decorative Stock. 

 Whatever the bulk of the holly may 

 prove itself to be, the advance boxes 

 are good stock, with plump scarlet 

 berries thickly strewn over it, and the 

 best boxes are bringing five dollars. 

 Somehow the earliest shipments al- 

 ways make a name extremely hard for 

 later anivals to live up to, but as 

 visual the florist is hopeful. Ilex ber- 

 ries have given unmistakable evi- 

 dence of their nearness to perfection. 

 Full round berries and quantities ot 

 l hem from the Michigan woods are 

 now decorating the florists' windows 

 and being made into wreaths, usually 

 one half of the wreath being of some 

 Other material. Two dollars per box 

 Iced for the ilex. The market on 

 bouquet wreathing is a little uncertain. 



Tl arliest shipments brought eight 



and ten cents per pound, but now the 

 price has dropped to six cents, and a 

 certain enthusiasm of former years is 

 lacking. Evergreen wreathing is sell- 

 ing about as last year. Christmas 

 trees, great and small, are here in 

 quantity, with large shipments of 

 spruce and pine from Maine tending 

 eep prices down. The little table 

 trees are selling well, judging from 

 the number seen in the shoppers' 

 anus The department stores have 

 them leaders, and cut heavily 

 into the P.orists' local sales. The pop- 

 ularity of the little tree is now as- 

 sured! the wholesale houses handling 

 thousands during the month of Decem- 

 ber. The scarlet and green roping, 

 which took so well last year, promises 

 to do the same this year, the scarlet 

 especially. Christmas bells reached 

 the street corner stands in such quan- 

 tities in past years that only the bet- 

 ti i qualities can be said to be popular 

 now. while the stars are decidedly on 

 t he wane. There is nothing altogether 

 new offered for the Christmas of 1911. 



All the retail florist stores have on 

 their holiday dress and they never 



tastily attired than at 



this time. Nothing surprisingly new 

 ,,ted in materials, but there is 

 simplicity and i l< a the 



agemenl in many instan 



Personal. 

 Philip Eichling is back for the holi- 

 . filling his old place with Ha ry 

 Rov 



Mrs. Fred Strail is with the extra 

 force needed at .1. Mangel's for the 

 holiday trade. 



Jos. Curran, well known to the trade 

 for a quarter of a century, has been 

 a month in Mexico, where the milder 

 climate is expected to be of benefit to 

 him. He has: been in very poor 

 health for the past year. 



Visitors: John H. Bockmann, of A. 

 T. Boddington. New York; J. A. Ev- 

 ans, Richmond, Ind.; Miss Agnes Rig- 

 den, Ottawa, 111.; P. N. Obertin, Ken- 

 osha, Wis.; Edw. Amerpohl, Janes- 

 ville. Wis.; A. L. Glaser, Dubuque. la.; 

 A. Currie, Milwaukee, Wis.; J. Meikle- 

 john, N. Y. 



PERSONAL. 



Mrs. J. Austin Shaw of Brooklyn. N 

 Y., is planning to spend the winter in 

 Bermuda. 



Charles Wackling has taken charge 

 of the greenhouses of the Kemble 

 Floral Co., Oskaloosa, la. 



Henri Beaulien of Woodhaven. X. 

 Y., has arrived home from his busi- 

 ness trip to France, well satisfied with 

 the results of same. 



Harley M. Wallbridge has accepted 

 the position of assistant manager in 

 the wholesale store of J. M. Gasser 

 & Co., Cleveland, O. 



Miss Mae Carroll, who was in charge 

 of the books at D. Rusconi's, Cincin- 

 nati, and also represented him on the 

 road, is no longer with him. 



Joseph Fahey, of Thomas F. Gal- 

 vin's. florist. Boston, Mass., is conva- 

 lescing from a recent sickness and 

 ' v ill be back in the store next week. 



Fred Jenkins, head gardener for 

 Mis. Cornelius Vanderbilt at Tim 

 Breakers," Newport, R. I., has reslgnea 

 his position, and his action is much 

 regretted by the many friends he has 

 made during his short stay in New- 

 port. 



H. V. F. de Thestrup has resigned 

 his position as foreman and grower 

 for Frank P. Putnam, North Tewks- 

 bury, Mass. Mr. De Thestrup has 

 made an enviable record as a carna 

 tion and antirrhinum grower foi 

 on market and is now open foi 

 gagement elsewhere. 



Philadelphia visitors: D. Cam. ion 



Sander & Sons, St. Albans, England; 

 E. A. Seidewitz, Baltimore, Md. 



Visitors in New York — Wm. Sim, 

 Cliftondale. Mass.; Thomas Roland, 

 Nahant. Mass.; P. Welch, Boston; 

 George C. Watson, Philadelphia. 



Visiting St. Louis— Guy Reaburn, 

 representing A. Henderson Co., Chi- 

 cago, highly elated with the success 

 which this new firm has attained and 

 the excellent prospects for the coming 

 year. 



Cincinnati visitors: Frank Roany, 

 Philadelphia; J. A. Keller, Lexington, 

 Ky.; J. Q. Mulford, Lebanon, Ohio; 

 P. M. Halbrooks, Columbus, Ohio; L 

 P. Lord, Minneapolis, Minn.; G. Rei- 

 niger, Dayton, Ohio. 



Visitors in Boston— J. R. Fothering- 

 ham, representing F. R. Pierson Co., 

 Tarrytown N. Y.; H. A. Bunyard, rep- 

 resenting A. T. Boddington. New York 

 city: Ed. Roehrs. Rutherford, N. J.; 

 J. J. Karins. representing H. A. Dreer, 

 Phila.; Harry Holmes. Harrisburg, 

 Pa.; N. B. Keeney, LeRoy, N. Y.; 

 Charles Loechner, New York. 



XMAS GREENS 



Laurel Ropeing, Laurel Wreaths 

 Wild Smilax, Boxwood, Holy, 

 Partridge Berries in bunches and 

 bowls, Native Ferneries, etc., etc. 

 If you want THE BEST order 

 from us. 



Hartford & McDonough 



70 PEMBERTON SQ., BOSTON 



IN THE SWIM 



/ must be in the swim. 

 You might forget my name. 

 And say that I nm to blame, 

 If you do not get the best. 



Christmas Trees, Sprnce or Balsam, from 

 one foot to thirty, in any quantity; Baled 

 Sprnce, Balsam. Hemlock Bough*. Laurel 

 and Evergreen Festooing and Wreaths. 

 Sphagnum Moss, Hardy Cut Fancy and 

 Dagger Ferns. Yearly Contracts Made. 

 Send for Price List and order your Chrlat- 

 mas Trees now. GET THE BEST. 



H. J. SMITH, Hinsdale, Mass 



