October 16, 1920 



HORTI CULTURE 



297 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Ranstead St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROSES 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flowers 



Wired Toothpicks 



Manufactured by 



W. J. COWEE, Berlin N. Y. 



10,000 $3.50 60.000 $11.00 Sample free. 



For Sale by Dealers 



GEORGE B. HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St., Rochester, N. Y. 



Henry M, Robinson Co. 



55-57 West 26th Street 

 and 430 Sixth Avenue 



Telephone: 

 Farragut 13 and 3180 



For All Flowers in Season CaO on 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



1201 Race St Philadelphia, Pa. 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



WHOL,ESAXE FLORIST 



9 Sooth Mole Street 

 Orders and CoDsignments Solicited 



PHILADELPHIA 



DREER'S 



ILORIST SPEGULTIES 



N«w Brand New Style 



'RIVBRTON" HOSE 



Furnished lengths up 

 to 500 h. without seam or 

 ioiut. 



Thi HOSE for the FLORIST 



kj-inch, perft.,22 c. 



Reel of 500 ft. " 21 c. 



8 Bleels, roooft. *' ao c. 



U-inch, " 19 c. 



Reels, 500 ft., *• 18 c. 

 Couplings furnished with- 

 out charge 



HENRY A. DREER 



714-7 16 Chestnut 3l, 



ftfJLADfiLfHIA, Pa. 



When writing to advertisers kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE 



inent rusarians over there are appeal- 

 ing for a national rose garden in which 

 complete tests might be made. As 

 Walter Easlea points out, there is 

 danger of losing many good varieties 

 by the influx of so many often worth- 

 less novelties. Writing in one of the 

 English papers, Mr. Easlea says: "1 

 used to believe that a national rose 

 garden should be established after the 

 manner of Kew Gardens, but the less 

 we have of bureaucratic control the 

 better for all. Nor do we want any 

 special society to manage the garden. 

 Let it be truly national, and main- 

 tained by all true lovers of roses. Such 

 a garden as I have in mind would con- 

 tain every variety procurable, and 

 every method of cultivation would be 

 demonstrated. The task of collecting 

 the roses would be a heavy one, but it 

 would be worthwhile." 



People are easily misled in their 

 judgment of flowers, because of the 

 conditions under which the flowers are 

 grown. Thus a writer in one of the 

 papers describes the flowers of 

 Dorothy Perkins as a sharp, acrid yel- 

 low pink. Evidently the writer had 

 seen poorly grown specimens, for at 

 their worst Dorothy Perkins some- 

 times does approximate the descrip- 

 tion given. Of course, Dorothy Per- 

 kins, with even a fair show, makes a 

 very different appearance, being one of 

 the handsomest roses we have, as well 

 as one of the most attractive. Prob- 

 ably one reason why amateurs get 

 poor results from climbing roses is be- 

 cause they try to have them make too 

 much growth the first year instead of 

 cutting them back sharply as they 

 should do when they are set out. 



GENERAL NEWS NOTES 



Walter S. Schell, the seedman of 

 Harrisburg, Pa., who recently pur- 

 chased the three story building at 

 Tenth and Market streets, has an- 

 nounced plans of incorporation. He 

 expects to incorporate for $200,000, 

 and have a profit sharing plan in 

 which the employees will participate. 

 This corporation will include J. C. 

 Stevens, C. M. Storey and J. W. 

 Yeakle. 



Park Commissioner James B. Shea, 

 of Boston, has opened bids for exten- 

 sive improvements on Boston Com- 

 mon and the Public Gardens. More 

 than $70,1100 will be expended, and this 

 will include a large amount for bulbs 

 to flower next spring. 



The American Legion, at its recent 

 convention in Cleveland, agreed to 

 adopt the red poppy as Its official flow- 

 er, and urges Its members to wear it 

 on Armistice Day as a memorial to 

 their buddies who made the supreme 

 sacrifice. 





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Be Bure and sret Meyer Threads and take 

 no other. 



Charles Futterman 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



110 We«t 28th Street, New York 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 

 Returns Daily. Checks Weekly 



E. G.HILL CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



mOHilVI^IM^, IIM^. 



Please mention BorticDltnre when writing. 



RKED (Q. KELLER 



123 West 25th St., New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We manufacture nil our 



iitil DisiiBS, Baskets, Win Wirk ft Novdtiis 



and are dealers la 



Decorative Glassware, Growers and 



Florists* Beanisltes 



THE KERVAN CO 



Fresh Cut Decorative ETergreens 

 Highest .Standard of Quality. Largest 

 Stock in America. Write for Illustrated 

 Catalog of Greens and Florists' Supplies. 



119 W. 28th St., 



NEW YORK 



Wholesale 

 Florist* 



FUTTERMAN BROS. 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



101 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY 



Telephone, Watkins 9761 



WE WANT MORE SHIPPERS 



We have a numerous clientage of New 

 Torii City buyers and the demand exceeds 

 our supply. This is especially true of 

 Roses. We have every facility and abund- 

 ant means and best returns are assured 

 for stocli consigned to us. 



Address Your Shipnxents to 



UNITED CUT FLOWER CO., INC. 



Ill W. 28th St., New York 



D. J. Fappas, Pres. 



FRANK J. REYNOLDS CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



Boston Co-operative Flower Market 



260 DEVONSHIRE STREET 



BOSTON, MASS. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consigrnments Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty 



264 RANDOLPH ST. DETROIT, MICH. 



