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HORTICULTURE 



December 23, 1911 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



William F. Gude last week ap- 

 peared before the Senate Committee 

 on Post Offices and Post Roads tnd 

 presented the bill drawn up in the In- 

 terests of the Society of the American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticul- 

 turists on the matter of the ina-igura- 

 tion of a federal parcels post. 



Although the installation of new 

 fixtures has not been completed, 

 J. A. Philipps has taken possession of 

 his new store on Fourteenth street, at 

 the corner of Harvard street, N. W. 

 This store Is far superior in every way 

 to the old location at 2926 Fourteenth 

 street. The display windows run 

 around two sides of the store and are 

 admirably located so that his stock 

 can be shown up in fine shape. Until 

 the first of the year Mr. Philipps will 

 use the ice-box, counters, etc., taken 

 from the old store, but after that 

 time they will be replaced by others 

 entirely new and more in keeping with 

 the handsome store he now occupies. 

 J. H. Small & Sons last Monday 

 opened their new store in the vVood- 

 ward Building, Fifteenth and H 

 streets, X. \\\, to the public. This new 

 store, without a doubt, is the hand- 

 somest in the city, is in a building but 

 just completed and is well fitted for the 

 handling of the firm's business. It is 

 laid out in the shape of an "L" and 

 display windows are on Lhre-3 sides. 

 The fixtures are all of mahogany, the 

 tables marble-topped. On either side 

 of the offire in the center of the side 

 facing H street are the large tiled ice- 

 rooms. Rustic arm chairs and marble 

 garden settees are located here and 

 there about the store for the comfort 

 of patrons. The floor is of cement. 

 In an ell off the main store are the 

 private offices of the firm. A stairway 

 leads to the basement beneath the 

 store, entrance to which is obtained 

 from the ell. Here large ice boxes 

 have been installed and there is ample 

 space for the work rooms and for 

 the storage of boxes and material. 

 Th«re are five large windows and one 

 entrance on the H street side and a 

 large window and entrance on the 

 Fifteenth street side. Twelve electric 

 lights suspended by large oxidized 

 chains from the ceiling, and other sta- 

 tionary fixtures on pillars light up the 

 main store while the ell is lighted by 

 clusters of electric lights. 



Visitors— J. W. Grandy, Xorfolk, 

 Va.; Mr. Newton, of the Xewton Floral 

 Company. Xorfolk, Va.; Mr. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; Elmer D. Smith. Adrian, 

 Mich.; Richard Vincent. White Marsh, 

 Md.; Robert Shock, in the interests of 

 M. Rice & Co. and Mr. Goudy, for H. 

 A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



John Burton is about again, after a 

 three week's tie-up with a sprained 

 ankle. 



A serious fire occurred at the Yates 

 greenhouses, Mt. Airy, on the morn- 

 ing of the 17th Inst., resulting in the 

 destruction of three houses and con- 

 tents. The latter consisted mainly of 

 bedding stock, Easter lilies and rhodo- 

 dendrons. The fire originated in the 

 boiler shed. 



M. Rice & Co. had the busiest week 

 of the season last week with orders 

 received from all parts of the country 

 by telegram and otherwise. Orders 

 were invariably shipped same day as 

 received. Visitors were so numerous 



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 spider, mealy bug, scale iind all plant tack- 

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Kunglne will cure bench rot and Is proving 

 an excellent remedy for the protection of 

 cuttings and young stock against the vari- 

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that no record could be kept of them. 

 The demand for red goods was so 

 great that everything that even looked 

 like red was bought up. They report 

 the largest December business in 

 their history. 



Visitors: Wm. Feast, of Samuel 

 Feast & Son, Baltimore, Md. ; J. K. M. 

 L. Farquhar, Boston, Mass.; Chas. L. 

 Seybold and Edwin A. Seidewitz, Bal- 

 timore, Md.: W. F. Fancourt, Doyles- 

 town, Pa.; Bert Brotherton, Port 

 Huron, Mich. 



BOSTON NOTES. 



Penn Bros, have added a temporary 

 store next door for the sale of holiday 

 stock. 



A very interesting display of photo- 

 graphs of Western China will be on 

 view all next week, including Sunday, 

 at Horticultural Hall. These views, 

 400 In number, were taken by E. H. 

 Wilson who had charge of the ex- 

 ploring expedition of the Arnold 

 Arboretum. The exhibition is free to 

 the public. 



The window displays, always good at 

 this time of the year, are better than 

 ever this season. Holly trees in tubs 

 seem more in evidence this year, and 

 excellent specimens are being received 

 at the markets. The poinsettia, of 

 course, holds a prominent place. 

 Tasteful and attractive windows are 

 the rule all along the line. 



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Dec. 14, '11. 

 Please discontinue adv. in HORTI- 

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