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H irr I c u I. T u r e 



January 10, 1920 



CARNATION CUTTINGS 



Booking orders for December 15, and later. We are well prepared to supply in quantity 

 and our growers have a high reputation for the quality of cuttings produced for years 

 past. Have made special arrangements to supply Laddie, Morning Glow and Pink De- 

 light from clean stock plants grown only for propagation purposes. 



fM< 



ind S^etr^t 



irna-ti^ns 



100 



ETHEL FISHER (Peter Fisher), scar- 

 let $14.00 



BERNICE (Howard), crimson 14.00 



RUTH BAUR 12.00 



LADDIE 10.00 



1000 



$115.00 



115.00 



100.00 



90.00 



Aviator, Belle Washburn, Doris, Benora, Rosette, 

 Good Cheer, White Perfection, White W'onder, Miss 

 Nancv and Alice — $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 100. 



MORNING GLOW 



WHITE BENORA 



PINK DELIGHT 



HERALD 



ROSALIA 



ENCHANTRESS SUPREME ... 

 Enchantress. White Enchantress, 



100 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 Beacon, 



1000 

 65.00 

 65.00 

 65.00 

 60.00 

 60.00 

 60.00 

 Ward, 



Theo— $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. Matchless, 



OUR HARDY LILIES ARE HERE 



Album Auratum and Magnificum 



Standard Packing 8-9-200 per case, 9-1 1-125 per case 



We are in a position to quote right prices. Let us quote you for delivery whenever 



you want them. 



L. J. REUTER CO. 



Plant 

 Brokers 



15 Cedar St., WATERTOWN STA. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



GENERAL NEWS NOTES. 



The group of florists and seedsmen 

 in the Chicago Association of Com- 

 merce have elected the following to 

 the Ways and Means Committee: 

 Chairman, R. B. Howe; vice-chairman, 

 George Asmus; members, John Leon- 

 ard, Leonard H. Vaughan and Frank 

 M. .Johnson. 



Joseph E. Koppelman. one of the 

 contracted for a large combination 

 storage and display refrigerator, 

 which will add much to the attractive 

 appearance of his retail store. 



Joseph E. Coppelman. one of the 

 large flower growers of East Provi- 

 dence, has purchased a large business 

 block on Custom House street. It is 

 assumed that his wholesale business 

 will eventually be housed there. ' 



C. L. O'Connor, of Pawtucket. has 

 constructed an addition to his green- 

 house. 



At the meeting of the New York 

 Federation of Horticultural Societies 

 and Floral Clubs as guests of the Al- 

 bany Florists' Club, January 15, there 

 ■ will be a lecture by Dr. S. W. Fletcher, 

 of Pennsylvania State College, on 

 French Horticulture. 



George Parker has been elected 

 president of the Arkansas State Nur- 

 serymen's Association. E. H. Balland 

 is secretary. 



William P. Hanna, a Cleveland flor- 



ist, died at his home, 9621 Union ave., 

 recently, following an illness of seven 

 years. Mr. Hanna was proprietor of 

 a florists' shop in Cleveland for 3.5 



years. 



The Curtis greenhouses in Mllldale. 

 Conn., which have been famous for 

 many years past for the production of 

 chrysanthemums have this year been 

 devoted to the raising and the culti:re 

 of cyclamen. In all more than 7.500 

 of these potted plants have been sold 

 to florists in the large cities. 



George Main of Manchester. N. H.. 

 who is believed to be the oldest Odd 

 Fellow in the world, had the prestige 

 for a considerable time, according to 

 the Boston Herald, of maintaining the 

 first and only greenhouse in the state 

 of New Hampshire. 



A rumor has been going the rounds 

 that Mr. Arthur Cowee of Berlin. N. 

 Y. had sold his gladiolus business to a 

 New York house. Mr. Cowee says that 

 this is a mistake, having its founda- 

 tion probably in the fact that he had 

 sold to a New York seed house a large 

 block of merchantable stock. He did 

 not. however, include any gladiolus 

 stock. 



Prof. J. G. Jack of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum is to lecture on new plants 

 ' efore the Newport Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Tuesday evening. Jan. 13th. 



TWO MEETINGS CALLED. 



By order of President A. L. Miller, 

 a meeting of the Board of Directors is 

 called for Friday, January 23rd, and 

 Saturday, January 24th, at the Hollen- 

 den Hotel, Cleveland. 



And by order of Henry Penn, Chair- 

 man, a meeting of the National Pub- 

 licity Committee is called for Wednes- 

 day. January 21st, and Thursday, 

 January 22nd, at the Hotel La Salle. 

 Chicago. 



Members of the Board, and the Pub- 

 licity Committee, should make their 

 hotel reservations at once. 



John Young, Secy. 

 1170 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 



January 5th, 1920. 



CLASSIFICATION OF EXHIBITORS. 



The Dahlia Society of California 

 places all commercial growers, gar- 

 deners, nurserymen, florists or any 

 person hiring a steady gardener In the 

 professional class. Those having busi- 

 ness cards and letter heads are also 

 considered professionals. 



Semi-professionals are those who do 

 not employ a gardener regularly and 

 who do not make a livelihood from 

 dahlias, but sell or trade dahlias for 

 profit. 



Amateurs are those who grow dah- 

 lias for pleasure and do not sell or 

 trade for profit. 



