May 1, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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has pride enough to support this 

 worthy cause by giving liberally of 

 moral and a small amount of financial 

 support. ELMER D. SMITH, Pres. 



PITTSBURGH SPRING SHOWS. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Indianapolis Florists' Club held 

 its monthly meeting April 14. The 

 premium list for the Indiana State 

 Pair may be secured from A. P. J. 

 Baur. 



About fifty guests were present at 

 the clam-bake tendered the Utica 

 Florists' Club by Dr. W. A. Rowlands, 

 at Whitesboro, N. Y., on April 15. 

 The following olScers were nominated 

 for the coming year: President, L. J. 

 Baker; vice-president, Seward Hakes; 

 secretary, J. C. Spencer; treasurer, C. 

 F. Seitzer. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 In the Wholesale District. 

 Chicago florists in the wholesale dis- 

 trict were the recipients of a novel an- 

 nouncement this week. It was a nicely 

 gotten up card and contained the 

 announcement of the wedding of Mr. 

 Robt. Rahaley and Miss Helen Murphy 

 of Detroit, along with some good ad- 

 vice to the Chicago florists as to the 

 kindness they ought to show the timid 

 pair on their honeymoon. It was 

 signed "Some of the Detroit Florists." 

 Mr Rahaley is the manager of the 

 Michigan Cut Flower Bxch. of Detroit, 

 and a cordial welcome awaits him and 

 his bride. 



Chicago has two fine young women 

 in the commission business and both 

 are very successful. Miss Hertha V. 

 Tonner was one of the original 

 founders of the Flower Growers' Mar- 

 ket, and is now on her seventh year. 

 Miss M. C. Gunterberg is also located 

 in the Market, but started some time 

 later. 



At Poehlmann Bros.' wholesale store 

 were seen blooms of carnation Trea- 

 tor. It is a novelty somewhat on the 

 order of Conquest, having deep pink 

 petal with a decided rim of white. It 

 has however a deeply fringed edge 

 while Conquest has not, but on the 

 other hand Conquest has a more uni- 

 form shade of pink, and a wider rim 

 of white. 



Florists are in danger of an ice 

 famine. It was announced on Monday 

 that the drivers of the ice wagons are 

 threatening to strike. It is hoped 

 that their differences may be settled 

 amicably. 



Spring Plant Work. 

 The outlook for plants for Decora- 

 tion Day trade and for general bed- 

 ding stock is only fair. Growers are 

 now bending their energies toward 

 getting everything in readiness for 

 the approaching season. The amount 

 of cold, cloudy weather makes this 

 rather a difficult problem to face. 

 Stock in general and geraniums in par- 

 ticular will require skillful handling in 

 order to be ready on time. 



Chicago growers are now potting up 

 their dormant poinsettias, getting them 

 started so they will produce the young 

 cuttings that will make the plants for 

 next Christmas. 



The Inventors. 

 The Geo. M. Garland Co. of Des 

 Plaines, 111., are perfecting an arrange- 

 ment for emptying and refilling a 

 greenhouse in an almost incredible 

 short time. They expect to place it 



Pabt of Easter Show 



At H. C. Fi-ick Greenhouses, Pittsburgh. 

 The Pittsburg spring exhibitions at Some fine plants 



Schenley Park and in the private con- 

 servatories this season fully maintain 

 the high standard for which they are 

 famous. The healthy, friendly rivalry 

 amongst the plantsmen who make 

 these exhibitions possible has much to 

 do with this excellence; nothing 

 mediocre counts, and the best is none 

 too good for the Pittsburg public who 

 by these semi-annual, special efforts 

 have become educated, and critical in 

 matters horticultural. 



The Schenley Park display is one 

 of the best ever seen in western 

 Pennsylvania and Supt. G. W. Burke 

 and M. J. Jones are receiving the con- 

 gratulations of the admiring popu- 

 lace. Many things are worthy of 

 special mention, chiefly a display of 

 H. P. roses in superb health and 

 floriferousness. An innovation which 

 attracts a large share of attention is 

 a large compartment devoted almost 

 entirely to old-fashioned flowers, 

 amongst which are batches of several 

 species of native o-pripediums. One 

 of the most beautiful and useful of 

 the charming spring flowers is Ornith- 

 ogalum Arabicum which would make 

 a valuable addition to the number of 

 cut flower subjects suitable for Easter. 

 Mr. Jones carries over the bulbs and 

 thinks they improve with age. The 

 orchids make a creditable display. 



of Dendrobium 

 thrysiflorum, D. nobile, D. chrysotoxum 

 and D. densiflorum were noticed. A 

 fine plant of Laelia purpurata which 

 has been hurried into flower makes a 

 good display. The azaleas, rhododen- 

 drons, genistas, cinerarias, calceolarias, 

 lilies and other seasonable plants are 

 splendid examples of cultural skill. 

 The arrangement is one of the features 

 of the show leaving nothing to be 

 desired. 



The Peacock Greenhouses do credit 

 to Supt. Jenkinson and his foreman 

 Alex. McLeod. Everything is of a 

 high order. To mention all the credit- 

 able features would be too great a 

 demand on space. The exhibition is 

 seen by large crowds daily. 



At the Heinz greenhouses J. 

 Featherstone has prepared a display 

 which is away ahead of anything at- 

 tempted here in previous years and 

 augers well for future displays in 

 these fine conservatories. Seasonable 

 subjects are here in fine condition. 



While the D. M. Clemson place is 

 not advertised as open, gardener Jas. 

 Wiseman turns no one away and has 

 good reason to be proud of the fine 

 condition of the greenhouses. His 

 Easter display is fine, while the roses, 

 carnations and other things in the 

 reserves department are a surprise to 

 his visitors. JAS. HUTCHINSON. 



on the market in 1910. 



The Des Plaines Floral Co. are the 

 inventors of a very substantial crate, 

 which will fold. It is for shipping 

 long flowers and several of them 

 folded and tied together will make 

 only a lignt package. 



Personal. 



The engagement of Miss Lillian 

 Bloom and Wm. Feniger of Toledo, 0., 

 is announced and the wedding will 

 take place in September. Miss Bloom 

 is stenographer for Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, Chicago. The customary recep- 

 tion took place on April 25th, at the 

 home of the bride to be. 



Mrs. O. P. Bassett of Hinsdale, 111., 

 was taken very seriously ill upon her 



return from Hot Springs, Va., and 

 was removed to the Mary Thompson 

 Hospital in Chicago. At this writing, 

 April 26, there is a very slight im- 

 provement in her condition though 

 she is still very low. 



Ernest Oechslin is able to be out 

 after his recent shooting accident, but 

 is far from being fully recovered. 



L. Coatsworth of Benthey & Coats- 

 woith has been a sufferer from rheu- 

 matism' the entire winter. Mr. Coats- 

 worth has been away for treatment, 

 but does not show any decided im- 

 provement. 



Chicago Visitors: Frank Smith, of 

 Smith & Fetters, Cleveland, O.; Wm. 

 Feniger, Toledo, O.; Edw. Amerpohl, 

 Janesville, O. 



