August 28, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



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have doubled, or trebled their sut>- 

 pcription. Now you Mr. Florist, who 

 have not yet subscribe<l don't you think 

 it is about time we heard from you? 

 You have doubtless, always been proud 

 to pay your own way, and you arc 

 assured that in making a subscription 

 to our fund you relieve yourself of any 

 thought that you are benefiting from 

 the generosity of others. You are not 

 really giving anything, you are merely 

 investing a small amount which most 

 surely will bring good returns. This 

 has been [)roved time and again. 



You can also help in another way. 

 Perhaps your establishment furnishes 

 an opportunity for the display of one 

 of our big billboard signs "Say it with 

 Flowers" if so you would help the cam- 

 paign if you would get one and in- 

 stall it. They are cheap — about cost of 

 material and labor — ornamental, and 

 quite desirable. 



Let us hear from you anyway. 



John Yovxo, Secy. 



43 West 18th Street, 

 New York City. 



PLANNING A MAIL ORDER BUSI- 

 NESS 



The Murphy Manufacturing Co.. 275 

 East avenue, which does a large mail 

 order business in novelties, is making 

 an expansion in its business by taking 

 on a new line in addition to its present 

 output in the form of a floral business. 

 Spacious greenhouses are being erected 

 upon the company's property in which 

 all sorts of flowers and shrubberies, 

 which can be sold by mail, will be 

 grown. The building of the green- 

 houses is well under way and as soon 

 as completed the new branch of the 

 business will be started. — Norwalk, 

 Conn. Post. 



IVIR. BURR GOES TO EUROPE 

 C. R. Burr of the Burr Nursery 

 Company recently sailed from New 

 York city for France. He is accom- 

 panied by several prominent nursery 

 men all over the country who arc go- 

 ing to France to investigate the seed- 

 ling question. Since the great war 

 this question has been one tnat has 

 puzzled the American nurserymen. 

 The war has practically put the 

 nursery business in France out of 

 commission. It is for the purpose of 

 looking over the prospect of the 

 business for future trade that these 

 men are going across the water. 

 The party intends to visit Belgium and 

 England before returning in October. 

 — Westchester, Conn. Herald. 



IF in iMwtl of RELIABLE NURSERY STOCK 



that ia well gvvwn, well dug and well packed 

 Send to the BAY STATE NURSERIES 



WhohmiU and R^taH NOWTH ABINGTON, MAS&. 



PLEASE YOUR CUSTOMERS 



by furnishing them with 



Framingham Evergreens, Trees, 

 Shrubs and Roses 



FRAMINGHAM NURSERIES 



FramiDgham, Mass. 



We Have on Hand the Largest Stock of 



BOXWOOD RHODODENDRONS 



All Shapes Parsons' Hardy American Seedlings 



1,000 BAY TREES ah size, 



MONTROSE NURSERIES 



Nurseries: "MONTROSK" 

 Wakefleld Ceatcr, Mat: 



N. F. McCarthy C O., Props. 



Office and Salesroom: 112 Arch M. 

 BOSTON. MASS. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY 



The monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 on August 11 in Pembroke Hall, Glen 

 Cove. Thos. Twigg presided and 

 James Michey was elected to active 

 membership and five petitions for 

 active membership were received. \Vm. 

 Milstead was first for 12 gladiolus and 

 also for 12 asters. Ed Harris won 

 first for b tomatoes. Frank O. John- 

 son received a cultural certificate for 

 Cyp. Frau Ida Brandt and honorable 

 mention for Cyp. Curtisii. 



A letter of sympathy was sent to 

 .Mrs. J. Partridge. Mr. Partridge, one 

 of our honorary members, died sudden- 

 ly last week. A letter was also sent 

 to the brother of the late Wm. Gillis. 

 .Mr. Gillis, one of our active members, 

 died after an operation. 



The Dahlia Show will be held on 

 September 30 and Oct. 1 in Pembroke 

 Hall. 



The exhibits for the September 

 meeting will be one outdoor melon, 12 

 potatoes, three head of celery. 



The annual picnic of the society was 

 held on Thursday, August 12, and can 

 be classed as one of the most success- 

 ful ever held by the society. The only 

 ones to make a complaint will be the 

 ones who stayed home for they sure 

 missed a good time. 



Abtiivr Cook, Cor. Sec. 



NEW HYBRID LADY'S SLIPPER 

 A new hybrid lady's slipper raised 

 in the Garden orchid houses during 

 the last five years has just produced 

 its first flower. This is the first slip- 

 per orchid raised at the Garden to 

 reach the flowering stage and will 

 bear the name of "D. S. Brown" ia 

 honor of the man who brought the 

 Garden orchid collection up to the 

 present standard. The parents of the 

 hybrid were Paphiopedilum barbatumt 

 Crossii, a native of the Malay region, 

 and the hybrid P. Harrisianum super- 

 bum. Both were dark-flowering types, 

 but the color of the offspring is green- 

 ish yellow with a prominent white 

 dorsal sepal, the Tipper portion being 

 flu.shed with bright purple. The mar- 

 gins twst back with age, resembling 

 P. villosum, the parent of P. Harrisi- 

 anum. The general shape of the 

 flower suggests P. Harrisianum, with 

 the exception of the broad dorsal por- 

 tion with its prominent venation, this 

 being plainly indicative of P. barba- 

 tum. 

 ^Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin. 



The St. Loiiis Florists' Club elected 

 the following officers: President, W. 

 R. Rowe; Vice-President, 'William Os- 

 seck: Secretary, J. J. Beneke; Treas- 

 urer, William C. Smith. Trustee for 

 three years, L. Baumann. 



