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HORTICULTURE 



December 23, 1920 



CHRISTMAS PLANTS 



Cyclamen, $1.50 and up; Begonias, 50c to $2.50 each; 

 Poinsettias, single, 35c, 50c, 75c each. 



FERNS 



Scottii, Verona, Boston and Roosevelt, 50c to $2.00 each. 



FRANK EDGAR, Waverley, Mass. 



Telephone, Waltliam 1334-R 



Mollratb & Sons 



Plant Specialists 



POINSETTIA, sinale and made up pans. Quality 



unsurpassed 



CYCLAMEN — BEGONIAS 



Christmas Stock of all Kinds in Fancy Grades 



Come and Inspect Our Stock. Never in Better Condition 



139 Beaver Street - WALTHAM, MASS. 



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'UpCO' 



IFILCDMI©^^ 



WAVERLEY, AOASS. 



Telephone, Belmont 600 



ORANGES 



(10-20 fruit 



per plant) $0.50 fruit 



PRI-MVLAS 



Obconicas, 5-inch. 

 Chinensis, 5-inch. 



.$0.75 each 



POIXSETTI.\S 

 X 

 3 



4 -inch 



5 -inch 



CHERRIES 75 •• 



BEGONIAS: Melior, Cincinnati 

 and Peterson 

 3y=-inch $0.50 each 



5 -inch „ 1.00 " 



6 -inch 3.00 



6%-inch 3.00 " 



CTCtAJIEN 



5 -inch $1.00 each 



6 -inch $1.50 to $3.00 



6V2-inch 2.50 to 3.50 



-incli $0.25 each 



-inch 35 " 



50 " 



single 75 " 



(2 branch) 1.25 



(3 branch) 1.50 " 



Pans $1.50 to $2.00 



Pans 2.50 to 3.60 



Pans 3.00 



10 -inch Pans 5.00 



-inch 

 -inch 

 -inch 



PAPER WHITE NAR. 



Cut .' $10.00 per 100 



HEATHS $2.0O-$10.00 each 



EUPHORBIA. K-inch Pans. .. .$3.00 each 

 Cut $4.00 per doz. 



P.VIMS. FERNS, ETC. 



FLORISTS' FLOWERS IN EUROPE 



Blooms Plentiful and Cheap — Some 



Peculiar Ways in Which They 



Are Handled 



Mr. Sidney Bayersdorfer of Philadel- 

 phia, who is very familiar with condi- 

 tions across the water, gave the Ten- 

 nessee State Convention a very inter- 

 esting account of the situation as he 

 found it on his most recent visits. He 

 said: 



"I arrived in London on August 3rd, 

 1919. The first thing that struck me 

 as I was going up to the Savoy hotel 

 was a florist shop. I looked in and 

 found the shop selling hothouse fruit 

 and baskets, made up of both fruit and 



flowers. Going about London I found 

 the same thing everywhere. Almost 

 all of the good florists are handling 

 fine fruits in connection with their 

 flowers. 



"From England I went to Holland. 

 Holland has fairly modern flower 

 shops, and they are using many bas- 

 kets. Of course Holland has beauti- 

 ful flowers. 



"I got my passport into Germany, 

 after a great deal of trouble. Being 

 in the enemy's country I was rather 

 worried. I reached Berlin at two 

 o'clock in the morning, but could not 

 sleep much, so arose early. The first 

 thing I did was to visit the florists 

 shops, although I thought that due to 



MIGHELL'S 

 FLOWER SEEDS 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



Northern Greenhouse Grown Seed 



1.000 Seeds S4.00 



."p.OOn Seeds I'.I.IXI 



1(I.IM)0 Seeds 36.00 



L'.j.oOO Seeds S.j.00 



LOBELIA 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



I 'ryst.il Palace Compacta. .$0.40 $•2.50 



Crystal Palace Speciosa... .20 l.OO 



S.VLVIA 



.\merica i new ) 50 4.00 



r.onfire '. 40 2.50 



Splendens 2-5 1..50 



Zurich 50 4.00 



VKRBEX.\ 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Mammoth Fancy Blue $0.30 $1.75 



Mammoth Fancy Pink 30 l.T.'i 



.Mammoth Fancy Scarlet. . . .30 1.75 



Mammoth Fancy Sti-iped... .30 1.75 



-Mammoth Fancy White ... .30 1.7."i 



Mammoth Fa.uey Mixed ... .30 1.25 



AINCA 



Alba 15 .75 



-Vlba Pura 15 .73 



Ito.sea 15 .7." 



Mixed 15 .00 



-VIso all other Seasonable Seeds, Bulbs 

 and Supplies. 



SKND FOR OUR HANDY ORDER 

 SHEET OF SEEDS AND Bl'LBS. 



MI€HELL'S SEED HOUSE 



■ 518-516 .■MARKET STREET 

 PHILADELPHIA, P.4. 



the war, and on account of the lack of 

 business, they would all be boarded 

 up. 



"My impression of the first flower 

 shop was wonderful. The windows 

 were full of flowers; one window was 

 filled with floral wreaths for funerals. 

 It is quite a custom in Europe to show 

 the funeral wreaths in the shops. They 

 do this all through France, Holland, 

 Belgium and Germany. They always 

 have natural designs in stock. 



"In Europe the wreaths are not 

 made on wire frames, but on sticks 

 or hoops, and wound around to make 

 either a crescent wreath, which is 

 very gracefully made, or the entire 

 wreath. Most funeral wreaths aver- 

 age from three to seven feet in diam- 

 eter. They do not make the fancy 

 things we make in this country; their 

 main thing is wreaths. Europe caters 

 to funeral work in preference to any 

 other type of work. 



"To get back to the first flower shop 

 I saw in Germany. The window was 

 filled with fine draperies, beads of am- 

 ber and other fine texture. 1 went into 

 this shop and saw the proprietor, who 

 told me that during the entire war 

 they did a wonderful business. His 

 business has increased three times 

 over what it was prior to the war, the 

 reason being that the people had lots 



