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HORTICULTURE 



March 6, 1920 



Unequalled Fuel Economy 



THE 

 BOILER OF 



Kroeschell BoUer*, tbe best bj test 

 1879. Forty years' exr>Mienoe. 



THE QOAUTT PLACE OF BOSTON 



Regardlog the KroeBchell, It Is the 

 be*t we have ever had and satlefac- 

 tory beyoDd onr expectations. It faeata 

 up especially quick and has saved us 

 considerably already In the price of 

 fnel. When we are In need of another 

 boiler we will fflve the Kroeachell the 

 first consideration. 



(Signed) WM. W. BDQAR CO., 



WAVBKLBY. MASS. 



No UASonry — No Tobe* 



TCBEI.E88 BOLLEB 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., 



M6 W. Elrle St. 

 CHICAGO 



When You Buy -Get a Kroeschell 



1,016.288 sq. (t. of gliMB was equipped wltb 

 Kroeschell Boilers dorlnff tbe year of 191A. 



OHIO'S CE1,£BBATED CSCLiAUEN 

 SPECIAUST 



After nalng yoar No. 12 Kroeschell 

 Boiler I came to the conclaslon that 

 had I to Install more boilers It would 

 be the Kroeschell and no other. It 

 really U a pleasure to beat, no troable 

 to get the desired beat In a very short 

 time. 



(Signed) CHEIST. WINTEEICH, 

 DBFIANCB, OHIO. 



Alfred M. Campbell extends a cordial 

 invitation to visit his plnce at Strafford 

 just now and see the finest block of 

 Easter Lilies in this part of the coun- 

 try. It is none too early tor the store- 

 men to be looking around and making 

 their arrangements on this great spec- 

 ialty for the coming holiday and Mr. 

 Campbell's fame as a successful grow- 

 er of it is now well established. He is 

 also strong on Hydrangeas and several 

 other standbys. 



Hush! Tell it not in Gath. Another 

 atrocity. The boys have quieted down 

 a bit on the billboard matter, but I 

 was up in the Pennock Market today 

 and overheard a Fishtown florist ask- 

 ing for green dye. Now we'll be hav- 

 ing to go O^ound the other way to 

 avoid the awful green carnation. It 

 good old St. Patrick were alive today 

 he'd sure excommunicate for that kind 

 of villainy. 



Many florists outside of Philadelphia 

 will be sorry to hear of the death of 

 Charles H. Eimerman. which occurred 

 Feb. 29th. He was a prominent mem- 

 ber of the legal profes.sion and for over 

 twenty years took an active interest in 

 the doings of the Florists' Club, of 

 which he was an associate member. 

 He was a keen bowler and an expert 

 at shuffleboard and was generally well 

 up towards the top whenever there 

 was a tournament. While small in 

 stature he was "all there" physically 

 and very much of a man. He numbered 

 among his legal clients many men 

 prominent in our business, among 

 them the late William K. Harris, who 

 remained his bosom friend to the last. 

 In early life he entered Girard College, 

 that famous institution for orphan 

 boys, and graduated from there with 

 the highest honors. He was 59 years 

 of age, a member of the Union League 

 and many other societies. 



My old friend Bill Baker was ten- 

 dered a surprise party at his home in 

 Philadelphia, March 1st. The supper 

 was followed by a dance and there 

 were a few speeches and some merry- 

 makings generally in the course of the 

 evening. The presentation from his 

 old friends took the form of a gold 

 mounted French briar and a big can 

 of the finest Umpty Ump mixture. Also 

 a silk American flag. The chief con- 

 spirators in planning the program 

 were William Cra^\^ord and Miss Mary 

 Baker. Among those present were 

 Bart Cartledge, Bob Kift, Charley Kah- 

 lert, Ben Starkey. Gene Bernheimer 

 and other old friends of the family. A 

 very pleasant and merry evening was 

 spent, and our old friend, who carries 

 his eighty years with great sprightli- 

 ness, was made happy by seeing others 

 happy, and felt quite swelled up — as 

 he had a good right to be. Long life 

 to him. 



BOSTON. 



The passing of John Charles Olm- 

 sted, the landscape architect, has been 

 learned with deep regret. Mr. Olm- 

 sted, who was long associated with the 

 late Frederick Law Olmsted, has done 

 much very important work throughout 

 the country. 



Mr. James J. Casey, proprietor of 

 tlie Rosary Flower store at Copley 

 Square was married recently to Miss 

 Minnie E. O'Brien of Quincy. 



For the past two weeks or more 

 Penn the Florist has kept crowds of 

 people in front of his windows by a 

 most gorgeous display of decorated 

 weeds. These novelties, which are be- 

 ing put out l)y a (Chicago firm, include 

 a great number of common field and 

 garden weeds as well as other wild 

 plants, all of them painted or other- 

 wise colored so as to produce most 

 remarkable tints and shades. Penn 

 is using them very lavishly, and as 

 few people in Boston ever saw them 

 before, they naturally arouse a great 

 amount of curiosity as well as admira- 

 tion. They have sold well, too, and 

 are capable of being used in a great 

 many ways as a supplement to flowers. 



The company wliich is to be formed 

 by the merger of the Boston Floral 

 Supply Co. and the B. A. Snyder Co. 

 will be known as the Boston Floral 

 Supply & Snyder Co. 



MANDA ORCHIDS SHOWN IN 

 BOSTON 



Joseph Manda of West Orange, N. J., 

 showed 20 vases of cut orchid blooms 

 at Horticultural Hall. Boston, where 

 an illustrated lecture, the first of a 

 series on "The Living Plant," was 

 given by Prof. W. J. V. Osterhaut, pro- 

 fessor of botany in Harvard, last Sat- 

 urday afternoon. With the aid of 

 lantern slides, the speaker described 

 the requirements for successful germi- 

 nation and the forces which direct the 

 root in its search for food and water. 



Two exhibits in the Manda collection 

 which attracted much attention were 

 cut blooms of the brasso-cattleya Lee- 

 maniae, one a fine yellow and the other 

 a beautiful greenish-yellow, the blos- 

 soms measuring several inches across. 

 Other specimens of this variety were 

 Thorntonii, Veitchii and the large-flow- 

 ered Marie. Of Cattleya Schoederae 

 there were fine specimens of 'Veronica 

 and the richly-colored Victory. A strik- 

 ing specimen was the laelio-cattleya 

 -Arcturus, with a combination of bril- 

 liant purple and burnt orange colors. 



Of cattleya trianae there was a fine 

 specimen of the new variety, Mrs. E. 

 Warren Hood, of a pale lavender tint, 

 the throat of yellow and the lip of 

 rose purple and lavender. 



DREER*S 



ILORIST SPEGIALTIBS 

 R«w Brukd New StrU 



.RIVERTON" HOSE 



Furnished lengths u^ 

 to 300 ft. without seam or 



ioint. 



Tbi HOSE fir thi FLMIST 



Ja^-inch, per h., 2a c. 



Reel of soon. " 21 c. 



a Reds, 1000 ft. *' 20 c. 



M-ioch, " 19 c. 



Heels, 300 ft., " 18 c. 

 Couplings furnished with- 

 out charge 



HENRY A. DREER 



714-716 Chestmjt S*. 

 PuiLADELnaA, Pa. 



