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HORTICULTURE 



July 31, 1920 



FRIIVIU 



CHINENSIS 



MALACOIDES 



OBCONICA 



OBCONICA, Separate colors or mixed 

 CHINENSIS MIXED, ly^ inch pots, $7 per 100; $60 per 1,000. 

 Ready Now. Raised from Selected Seed 



CINERARIA, Half Dwarf Mixed, 2% inch poU, $7 per 100; $60 per 1,000. 



I ! RFI ITFR rn ^''*"' 15 Cedar St, WATERTOWN STA 



JL^* •/• IxLjV/ I I_aE\, v^V/» Brokers boston, mass. 



Short P. O. Addi-ess: L. J. Reuter Co., Boston 72, Mass. 



George Watson^s 

 Corner 



"Yoa In yoar small corner and me 

 in mine." 



Howard M. Earl, of the Jerome B. 

 Rice Co., writes from London. July 

 7th, that he has had a busy two 

 months in France and other parts of 

 the Continent, and would finish up on 

 the British field of operations in time 

 to sail for home on the S. S. "Im- 

 perator." July 31st. So we may ex- 

 pect him around his old haunts in 

 Philadelphia about mid-August. He 

 has been inspecting crops, and sizing 

 up things new or meritorious; and do- 

 ing his little bit to keep the old world 

 in touch with the new world, and vice- 

 versa, as becomes the representative 

 of a great firm that is world-wide in 

 its activities for the betterment of 

 horticulture. The public does not hear 

 much about them, as they deal with 

 the trade only, but they are neverthe- 

 less a most vital factor. They start 

 things, and the old millwheel from 

 producer to consumer does the rest. 

 The spokes on the wheel are many, 

 and they all deserve their share of 

 credit, but especially the "papa-spoke" 

 — and that one the public, as a rule, 

 knows nothing about, and gives ths 

 credit to the nearest one they can 

 see. ^^^llch is why, while finding no 

 fault at all with anybody, we like to 

 get a chance now and again, to say, 

 "Hats off, boys, to old 'papa-si)oke.' " 



Henry L. Renard, of the Burpee Co., 

 is on his way to the Floradale Farms 

 in California to take charge of gi'ow- 

 ing stocks and developing plant spe- 

 cialties. He has been an assistant of 



George W. Kerr at Ford Hook tor 

 some time past. 



Don't say there's no excitement in 

 the flower market in mid-summer. 

 Just let a fire start in a big building 

 in the flower exchange center — no 

 matter if it's only a millon dollar rug 

 foundry next door — then you'll see 

 them all go up in the air — and many 

 of them, like Samuel S. Pennock. go 

 up on the root. The Fritz & La Rue 

 building extended right back from 

 Chestnut to Ranstead and for a while 

 the Leonard & Deutscher place, the 

 Reid place and the Pennock place were 

 all in grave danger. Two firemen were 

 killed and there were eight sent to 

 the hospital. The blaze happened on 

 the 21st inst and caused over half- 

 millon damage. 



We had the pleasure of a call re- 

 cently from John H. Slayter. president 

 of the new corporation of A. Leuthy 

 Company of Roslindale, Mass. He is 

 of the younger generation but bears 

 all the ear marks of the good old stock 

 from which he is sprung and which 

 has made Boston floriculturally 

 famous during the past half century. 

 A gentleman, a scholar, a good busi- 

 ness man and an all-round good fel- 

 low. The old pirate, Antoine, was 

 along, giving John the introductions; 

 but no doubt he will survive that, al- 

 though it must have been tough at 

 times! Mr. Slayter married one of 

 Bill Edgar's lassies so he has a bit 

 of the sage of 'Waverley by him to help 

 out. We will all have to be on the qui 

 vive these days to get in touch with 

 these bright young men who are tak- 

 ing their fathers' places and we are 

 glad to be able to record a good fit- 

 ter when we meet one, and John Slay- 

 ter seems to fit in very well. Good 

 luck to him. 



Among the fancy quality gladioli 

 now on sale every morning in the 

 Pennock market, we noted the follow- 

 ing on the 23rd inst: Autumn Queen, 

 white and blush, with crimson streak on 

 the lower petal; Halley, soft red; Will- 

 brink, blush; Sunbeam, pure deep yel- 

 low; Myrtle, bright rose-pink, a beauti- 

 ful variety, and one of the best sellers; 

 White Giant. These are only a part of 

 what is arriving daily. Expect to have 

 something to report about other good 

 ones later. 



The second game of the series be- 

 tween the Pennock Baseball Team and 

 the picked nine of the Associated 

 Wholesalers was played on the after- 

 noon of July 20, and resulted in a 

 victory for the Wholesalers by the 

 score of 4 to 3 in a game of 11 innings. 

 jCousins distinguished himself in the 

 11th with a double to centerfield scor- 

 ing the winning run. Another lirilliant 

 play was the catch by Floyd Reid with 

 two on bases, which practically pre- 

 vented the Pennocks from scoring two 

 runs. The score follows: 



R H E 

 Associated 'W'holesale Florists. 4 .S 2 

 S. S. Pennock Company 3 7 2 



GENERAL NEWS NOTES 



About fifty persons attended the an- 

 nual outing of the Scranton, Pa., Flor- 

 ists' Association at Harvey's Lake. 

 July 15th. The trip was made by 

 motor and both lunch and supper were 

 served. The competitive games were 

 postponed on account of rain, but the 

 excellent bathing was taken advantage 

 of by many of the party. 



Miss Claire Louise Hodgdon, a 

 former employee of the Belmont Flow- 

 er Shop, Brockton, and Earl C. Samp- 

 son, a world war veteran, were mar- 

 ried July 12th, at Plymouth, Mass., 

 where the young couple plan to re- 

 side. 



