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HORTICULTURE 



May 29, 1909 



JULIUS ROEHRS CO. 



RUTHERFORD 

 N. J. 



Large stock of Bay Trees, Box Trees, Blue Spruce, Choice Evergreens, etc,, 



all in finest condition. 



Palms, Stove Plants, Begonias, Hydrangeas in all sizes and prices. 



OICCHII3S 



Fine assortment on hand of both newly imported and semi-established. 



LET us QUOTE YOU PRICES. 



THE FULFILMENT OF A PROPH- 

 ECY. 



Bobbink & Atkius' nurseries at Ruth- 

 erford, N. J., have cotue to be one of 

 the show places of the New York 

 neighborhood. The grounds are very 

 extensive and are planted with an eye 

 to general impressive decorative ef- 

 fect as well as commercial utility. The 

 flowering shrubbery and hardy peren- 

 nial fields have been for some weeks a 

 glorious expanse of color and the 

 enormous quantities of tils sort of ma- 

 terial which have been shipped this 

 season gives confirmation to Mr. At- 

 kins' foresight and sagacity when, 

 some seven or eight years ago, in ad- 

 dressing a meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club, he predicted this boom 

 on hardy perennials and urged the 

 florists to prepare for it. Many 

 thought he was too sanguine at the 

 time but he has the goods and the 

 business to show for it now. A force 

 of about two hundred men has been 

 employed this spring. 



CHESTNUT TREE FUNGUS. 



Prof. J. F. Collins of Brown univers- 

 ity in a speech before the Rhode Island 

 Horticultural Society May 19, told of a 

 new disease, very destructive to chest- 

 nut trees, of which he had found eight 

 or ten eases in the region of Pocasset. 



The disease is very conspicuous and, 

 except In the early stages, easy of 

 diagnosis. On limbs with smooth bark 

 the fungus shows dead sunken patches 

 of bark, covered with yellow, orange 

 or brown pustules of the fruiting fun- 

 gus. If the spot is on the trunk of a 

 large limb with thick bark, there is 

 no obvious change in the appearance 

 of the bark, but the bark, when tapped 

 usually sounds hollow. 



He likened this disease to pear 

 blight, and said that no simple method 

 of preservation has been found. The 

 department of agriculture advises 

 everyone who has chestnut trees af- 

 fected with this disease to destroy the 

 trees immediately. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



John Kemp, lately foreman with Mr. 

 A. Price on the G. M. Laughlin place, 

 ■Woodland road, Pittsburg, Pa., has 

 taken charge of Mrs. Barr's place, 

 South Orange, N. J. 



W. H. Drake of Kenosha, Wis., has 

 taken a position as foreman at Klehm's 

 Nursery, Arlington Heights. 111. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Poehlmann's New Range. 



Eight new houses at Plant A and 

 thirteen at Plant B are nearing com- 

 pletion. All benches will be supported 

 by cement posts. Two half-houses will 

 be supplied with cement benches of 

 the Wittbold construction and six half- 

 houses of the Garland construction, the 

 latter in larger quantity no doubt ow- 

 ing to the fact that they had been 

 .tested last year. Of the respective 

 merits of the two time alone will tell 

 and very possibly each inventor will 

 find some points where improvement 

 can be made. One specific difference 

 Is that the Garland bench can be taken 

 apart and moved about while the Witt- 

 bold bench is stationary, making a dif- 

 ference also in cost of construction. A 

 considerable number of the new houses 

 (the writer has forgotten the exact 

 number) are built with the Garland 

 truss, which it is claimed makes the 

 house more secure in a heavy wind, as 

 it both holds the house from going 

 down and from going up. Chicago is 

 fortunate in having two such young 

 men as Garland and Wittbold and 

 their inventions are always watched 

 with interest, while florists in general 

 realize their good fortune in having a 

 Poehlmann to try them. 



Among the Growers. 



Chicago growers are gradually work- 

 ing into orchid growing. Poehlmann 

 Bros, are now cutting from their house 

 and will probably increase their stock 

 another year. George Reiuberg is al- 

 ready quite well established in the 

 orchid growing business. 



A New Wholesale Store. 



Vaughan & Sperry's new wholesale 

 store will be one of the finest and best 

 equipped in the district. The floor 

 space is 40 x 90 feet; the refrigerator 

 is S X 24 feet placed in a cool room IS 

 X 40 feet. All the front part is well 

 provided with natural light. The vault 

 and office will be models in construc- 

 tion and the firm will have every con- 

 venience for handling their rapidly 

 growing business. Vaughan & Sper.y 

 started in the wholesale commission 

 business nearly five years ago and as 

 a live and dependable firm they have 

 made good. 



During Recess. 



The Chicago Florists' Bowling Club 

 had an enjoyable evening on the 21?t 

 at their usual place, 118 Monroe street. 

 Four teams participated and Henry 

 Kruchten made the highest average, 



John Zech second, and William Wolf 

 third. At the meeting on the 4th of 

 June prizes will be given for the best 

 bowling. Beginning with that meet- 

 ing the averages will be kept to make 

 up the team for the convention at 

 Cincinnati. 



News and Personal Notes. 

 "Raisek the Florist", 15.53 Ogden ave- 

 nue, will build a conservatory in con- 

 nection with his retail store during the 

 summer. Mr. Raisek has a very at- 

 tractive store and the new addition will 

 further add to his already fine equip- 

 ment. 



Mr. and Mrs. August Poehlmann are 

 in Milwaukee, called there by the ill- 

 ness of Mr. Poehlmann's mother. 



Sweet peas are in in enormous quan- 

 tity. One man sold 22,000 last Satur- 

 day. His greenhouse force worked till 

 after dark pulling them. The returns 

 were very small considering quality. 



Mr. Brooks of Morton Grove finds 

 the red carnation Nelson Fisher to be 

 just the one for him to grow. 



The florists' supply houses are hav- 

 ing their usual rush to fill orders. 

 Wholesale Market. 



Complete report of the Chicago 

 Wholesale Flower Market will be 

 found on page 786. 



NURSERY NOTES. 



Newport, Kan. — J. A. Neede has 

 started in the nursery business in this 

 place. 



Wood River, Nebr. — J. W. Weldon 

 has purchased a half interest in the 

 Estelle Nursery. 



Harlingen, Tex. — J. George Bowyer 

 has assumed charge of the Harlingen 

 Nurseries and will carry them on this 

 season in connection with the Gonzalez 

 Nurseries, making his headquarters at 

 Harlingen. 



INCORPORATED. 



Loveland, Colo. — Loveland Nursery 

 Co.: N. A. Cramer, O. H. Egge, H. A. 

 Cooch: capital, ?5,000. 



Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 



Leaf Stock, June Delivery. $15 per 100, 

 $145 per 1000. from 2'i in pots 

 Stock guaranteed to be absolutely free from 

 disease. 



THOMAS ROLAND, NAHANT, MASS. 



