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bill, which has gone to the House for 

 consideration, provides fines and im- 

 prisonment for the giving of such 

 checks with intent to defraud, when the 

 maker thereof declines on demand to 

 make good. The florists have been 

 "worked" to an alarming extent by 

 the floaters of worthless paper, and the 

 local club some time ago went on record 

 as favoring the proposed law. 



The honorary degree of Doctor of 

 Agriculture was conferred by the Uni- 

 versity of Maryland upon Secretary of 

 Agriculture Wallace and Professor L. 

 C. Corbett, horticulturist of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, at the commence- 

 ment exercises held at College Park, 

 Md., last week. T. N. S. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The week ending June 11 resembled 

 its predecessor. There was a good de- 

 mand that met a rather limited supply. 

 Conditions were excellent for so late in 

 the season. Close observers noticed 

 three changes — carnations are getting 

 poorer, sweet peas are improving with 

 the arrival of more outdoor-grown 

 blooms, and gladioli are coming to the 

 fore. 



Tlie arrival of outdoor gladioli is 

 earlier than usual by three weeks, more 

 or less. Pink Beauty is the only out- 

 door variety noted so far. It is good. 

 More greenhouse.-grown gladioli are 

 coming in. They are extremely useful 

 decorative material. The rambler 

 sprays are highly prized, though they 

 were less dependable in the sudden heat 

 that closed the week. 



Fenn State. 



About four months ago, or to be ex- 

 act, February 21, a letter was sent from 

 the Pennsylvania State College to the 

 Philadelphia Florists' Club, asking for 

 a hearing, with the idea of securing a 

 bettor understanding between the cen- 

 ter of horticultural learning in this 

 state and the center of horticultural 

 commerce. As often happens in such 

 cases, great events inove slowly. So it 

 was not until the June meeting of the 

 Florists' Club, held in the City Club 

 June 7, that the cliosen representative 

 of the state college appeared to keep 

 the appointment. He spoke with 

 marked ability to n thorouglily repre- 

 sentative audieme of tlic club niembcr- 

 .shii>. 



Tlie address commenced with a de- 

 scri])tion of the horticultural students, 

 necessarily a limited body of men; lack 

 of means, lack of time and lack of abil- 

 ity all contribute to reduce tlie numl)er. 

 Tlie student was described as a worker, 

 almost invariably a good mixer, an im- 

 portant qualification in business, and as 

 one who might be trusted. It was dis- 

 tinctly disclaimed that he had practical 

 ex]>erience. He was capable of unravel- 

 ing tangles, through his familiarity 

 with books, and he Avas more accus- 

 tomed to thinking and, therrforo, more 

 valuable than the man witliout college 

 training. 



Tlie speaker cliarg<>(l that the atti- 

 tude of florists toward the student was 

 unfav(ir;ible. He said that this was 

 unfair, that the student ought to have 

 a chance and that he was likely to be 

 worthy of confidence. The speaker said 

 that, as a rule, the student wished to 

 stay a short time at each place and, 

 after going to two or three places, to 



The QUALITY of ROSES 



during the month of June has never been better. You 

 should encourage the sale of ROSES more than any 

 flower. They offer better value than any other line of 

 cut flowers. 



For QUANTITY and QUALITY, RUSSELL leads 

 all other varieties. It is the Best Rose at this time 

 of the year. We offer you the largest supply of 

 RUSSELL ROSES in the East. 



Other varieties we recommend are COLUMBIA, 

 DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY, AARON WARD, 

 OPHELIA and some HADLEY. 



There is in the market quite a large assortment of 

 Outdoor flowers — DELPHINIUM, CANDYTUFT, 

 FEVERFEW, GYPSOPHILA, CORNFLOWERS, 

 RAMBLER ROSES. 



VALLEY and ORCHIDS are just part of our every- 

 day supply. When in need of them, your order can be 

 filled on short notice. 



DAGGER FERNS, 1000 $2.50 



LARGE BALES MOSS 3.00 



Special price in quantity. 



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