May 15, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



401 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



WHOLESALE I'LOKIST, 

 5 8. Mole St., Philadelphia, Fa. 

 Roues, CnriuUlonii, Calloa, Sweet Feat, 

 Plamosa, Strlncs and Bunches, Adiaiitam, 

 and a full line of all other Greens. 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranslcad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALt-EY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



Wired Toothpicks 



Mannfaotured by 



W. J. GOWEE, Berlin N. Y. 



M,000 $2.60 60.000 *U.OO Sample tnm. 



For Sale by Dealers 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone Sl„ Rocliester, N. Y. 



CUT FLOWER BOXES 



EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO 



MAlifUFACTURERS 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Henry M. Robinson Go. 



55-57 West 26th Street 

 and 430 Sixth Avenue 



Telephone: 

 Farragut 13 and 3180 



For An Flowers in Seaaon CaO •■ 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



1201 Race SL PhSadelphia, Pa. 



DREER'S 



ILOKIST SPEGJAITIBS 



R«n Br«»J N.W Styl. 



'RIVBRTON" HOSE 



Furnished lengths up 

 to soo ft. without seam or 

 )oint. 



TbB HOSE fir tht FLORIST 



^-inch, per ft., 23 c. 

 Reel of 500 n. " 21 c. 



■ Rc£b, lOOoft. " 30 C. 



U-mch, *' ig c. 



Heels, 500 ft.. *■ 18 c. 

 Couplings furnished with- 

 out charge 



HENRY A. DREER 



yj4~ji6 Chestnut St. 

 pHILADCXrHlA, Pa. 



LABOR QUESTION UPPERMOST. 



Discussed at the GarcJeners' Confer- 

 ence in Boston. 



There was a well attended gather- 

 ing of gardeners at the conference, 

 held on Thursday evening, May 6th, In 

 Horticultural Hall, under the auspices 

 of the Boston members o£ the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners. Rob- 

 ert Cameron acted as chairman of tlie 

 meeting. 



The discussion centered chiefly on 

 the labor problem and how it affects 

 the (country estates, and on the inabil- 

 ity to secure skilled help. It was 

 pointed out that in many instances the 

 ordinary laborer is receiving more 

 compensation for his eight or nine 

 hours a day work on the estates than 

 the superintendent who employs him, 

 while it is almost impossible to secure 

 assistant gardeners as they have been 

 attracted to other industries where 

 the compensation is better and the 

 hours of work less. 



How to interest the young men in 

 the profession of gardening was a 

 much debated question with no prac- 

 tical solution forthcoming. The Secre- 

 tary of the National Association of 

 Gardeners who was present reported 

 that the committee which has this 

 matter in hand is about to present 

 the advantages that the gardening 

 profession offers to young men to the 

 educational sources of the country to 

 have them bring the opportunity to 

 the attention of the boys about to 

 leave school, to whom the call of the 

 great outdoors may be more enticing 

 than the office or the shop. Some of 

 the gardeners told of young men who 

 wanted to train for the gardening 

 profession. While some of them mani- 

 fested keen Interest in the work, 

 others, finding it too arduous, soon 

 dropped out. This, however, holds 

 true with any vocation. 



W. N. Craig was asked to tell of his 

 attendance at the annual meeting of 

 the Garden Club of America, which he 

 addressed in New York City last 

 March. He reported that the ladies 

 were very much interested in the wel- 

 fare of the professional gardeners, and 

 that they ai-e in sympathy with his 

 viewpoint on the subject. Mr. Craig 

 warned that he found the members of 

 the Garden Club unusually well in- 

 formed on gardening and on the com- 

 mon and the rare inhabitants of the 

 garden. 



Mr. Cameron related his experience 

 with the farmerettes, which are regu- 

 larly employed on the estate of which 

 he is in charge. He said that while at 

 first he did not favor the idea, he has 

 been compelled to change his views. 



— WrVI. p. FORD — 



W^holesale Florist 



107 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK 



Telephone 63S5, Farracat 



Call and Innpeot the Bent Katabllahment 



Id the nholeaale Flower Diatrioi. 



E.G.HILLCO. 



Wholesale Florists 



I'lea«e mention Hol^coltnre when wrltlBC. 



RCED ai KCLLER 



122 West 25th St.. New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We mnniifMctiiri- all our 



lital DislEDS, Baskets, Wire Wirk & Noveltiis 



and are liealers iu 



Decorative Glassware, Growers and 



Florists* Reaulsites 



THE KERVAN CO 



Fresh Out Decorative Ereryreens 

 Highest Standard of Quality. LArgest 

 Stock in America. Write for Illustrated 

 Catalog of Greens and Florists' Supplle* 



119 W. 2fith St., - - r«:W YORK 



A Card This Size 



Cost only $1.00 per Week 

 on Yearly Order 

 It would keep yoar name and your 

 apeclalty before the whole trade. 



A half-Inch card coeta only 45c. per 

 week on yearly order. 



WE WANT MORE SHIPPERS 



We bave a numerous clientage of New 

 York City buyers and the demand exceeds 

 our supply. This is especially true of 

 Roses. We have every faculty and abund- 

 ant means and best returns are assured 

 for stocli consigned to us. 



Address Your Shipments to 



CNITED CCT FLOWER CO., INC. 



Ill vr. Mth St., New York 



D. i. Fappas, Pre*. 



FRANK J. REYNOLDS CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



Co-operative Flower Market 

 160 DEVONSHIKB BTBEBT 

 BOSTON, UA&S. 



!«llCfllGAM CUT FLOWER 

 EK&tAMGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORBTS 



Oopet ga me n ts Sobctted 

 Hardy Fancy Fern Oir Specialty 



m RAKDOIPH ST.. DETROIT, MICH. 





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