Mav IT', ly^ilt 



HORTICULTURE 



38: 



public as to our emblem, and througu 

 infringements, and now in addition to 

 the prolitceiing of years past, you 

 have entered u|ion a new line of trade 

 for the purpose of further proflteerlnK. 

 and free advertising. 



It is not believed that florists gen- 

 erally understand facts as they exist 

 against Mother's .IJay, through the 

 propaganda of some persons at the 

 head of your Society. We do not be- 

 lieve many florists have contributed 

 to the S. A. P. and O. H. money to be 

 used to misrepresent facts regarding 

 .Mother's Day, or to annoy the Moth- 

 er's Day Association and interfere 

 with the welfare of its work, or tor 

 litigation or for other expenses tor 

 which their money has been spent in 

 some ways. It is our purpose to In- 

 vestigate if contributions to your Bu- 

 reau were for these purposes, and for 

 infringements upon moral and legal 

 trade rights which are recognized as 

 dishonorable in all lines of business. 



To us it seems a small matter for 

 your Society (o have proceeded 

 against Mother's Day welfare in the 

 way it has through some of its repre- 

 seBtatives, in order to sell a parcel of 

 posterettes and posters, and similar 

 stuff through Infringements. We 

 asked you to have a better under- 

 standing, but you refused. 



It Is hoped that any other movement 

 considering the use of flowers will 

 profit by our unfortunate experience, 

 annoyance and expense. W^e shall 

 certainly not hesitate to protect any 

 we can. 



Trusting we may have a prompt as- 

 surance of your discontinuance of 

 your infringements, we are. 

 Respectfully. 

 Anna .larvis (Signed) and 

 M0THP;R'S DAY INTBRNATION'AL 

 ASSOC, INC. 



The secretary then wrote the fol- 

 lowing letter to the Associated Press, 

 addressing it to their general oflice in 

 Xew York: 



May 6th. l!i2U. 

 The Associated Press, 51 Chambers 

 Street, New York City: 



Gentlem-jn — Referring to the item 

 in the enclosed clipping, which evi- 

 dently is from a press report sent out 

 from W;ushJngton, also in the more 

 extended form copied in the advertise- 

 ment also enclosed. I take the liberty, 

 in behalf of the florists of this country, 

 of declaring the charges to be without 

 foundation, and the statements as ab- 

 solutely untrue, and injurious to 

 those engaged in the florists' industry. 



I am also enclosing a copy of a let- 

 ter purporting to be issued by Miss 

 Jarvis and the Mother's Day Inter- 

 national Association, which may be 

 considered as bearing on the case. 



BOX-BARBERRY 



Garden Bordered with Box- Barberry. 



Electros of this illustration Free with 



eaeh order for KKM) or more (f 



n'«[U('Sted. 



Ilik\r \»Mi s«M*n It Kikrdfii hord<T*Hl wUli 

 UU\-U\ICIiKKKV UiiM HprlriK? Kv«m-> 

 plain hriiilit mid i;r<***n, — not n drticl 

 mw. A MtroiiK contni-t to tin- northirn 

 KiiMis hor«l<'n*<l Ktirden. now fltht-r 

 th'iid or Ntullv winter Injured, browu 

 und <l«»jrrt«Ml looklns. 



Mr. Slcltn'rhl. tho veteran plnntnman, 

 on Kti'ini: (hr Kik-rdrn Ihr ntlif»r day 

 shown In ii4Nunipiin> Inc llluhtration. «*\- 

 rlitiniod witli IiIh rliunu>l-<'riHtlc enthu- 

 hiiisni, "maKnltU-fnt, tlu-re U a fortune 

 in It for the niirMT> men.'* 

 \\ e offer you well rooted dormant Num- 

 nier fninu' ruttliiBH reu*l> to set out dl- 

 re<i into the nur-^ery without furtlier 

 e\pfnsf (o > »>ti at 



$6S.OO per lOOO 



.\I,I, S<H,I> OIT OF LAKCiKK SIZKS 



.Miin.v of the h'lullnK nitaloKue flmiN 

 lirt\i' lUretiii.v contrm-teil witti iiM for ' 



ll.rlr sunplv f..r tli.- PliHiilnK aeodon, and oIIi.tn iir.- liu.vlnK tli.-»p FK.XMK GKOWN 



rl..VNTS for Ih.-lr own plantlnK prcpiirlnt: for (hi- .-iiornious dwnantl which I" 



Hlire to follow. 



It Ih a nafe Btaloinent that 1K)X-U.\RBEKKV will »oon lie the pUntHman'H be«t 



seller. 



The Elm City Nursery Co. 



New Haven. Conn. 



Send for Trade Bulletin 



WOODMONT NUB8ERIB8, INC. 



Introducers. 



IF in need of RELIABLE NUI^ERY SHPOCK 



that it well grown, well dug and well packed 

 Send to the BAY STATE NURSEHIES 



WhoU,ale and RetuU NORTH ABINGTOe*. MASS. 



PLEASE YOUR CUSTOMERS 



by furnishing them with 



Framingham Evergreens, Trees, 

 Shrubs and Roses 



FRAMINGHAM NURSERIES Framingham, Mass. 



■We Have on Hand the Largest Stock of 



BOXWOOD 



All Shape* 



RHODODENDRONS 



Parsons' Hardy American Seedlings 



1,000 BAY TREES aii size, 



MONTROSE NURSERIES 



Nurseries: "MONTROSE" 

 Wakefleld Center, .Maas. 



N. F. .McC.VKTHy (0., Trops. 



OfHce and Salesroom: 112 Areh St. 

 BOSTON. MASS. 



.■\. copy of the poster complained of Is 

 enclosed In addition. 



First of all. Miss Jarvis is justly 

 recognized as the founder of Mother's 

 Day, or at least as one who has re- 

 vived an old English custom, recorded 

 by Chambers as "a practice of going 

 to see parents, and especially the fe 



male one. on the mid-Sunday of Lent, 

 taking for them some little present, 

 such as a cake or a trinket." A youth 

 engaged in this amiable act of duty 

 was said to "go a-mothering," and the 

 day itself came to be called "Mother- 

 ing Day." 



Public Resolution Xo. 25, 63rd Con- 



