January 4, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



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HART MARES HANDLES for POTS 



With Paper or Porto Rican Mats Tfiey Make Baskets. These are the Well- 



Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES. 



Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston, westward to San 

 Francisco — and everywhere else. Once used, always used, because 

 they are SO HANDY. 



Prices per dozen— No. 1, &2.50 ; No. 2, &3.50; No. 3, S4.00 ; 

 No. 4, &5.00 ; No. 5, S6.00. 



GEORGE B. HART,24 Sto„e S,., Rochester, N.Y. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Installation of ofiittrs at the Chica- 

 go Florists' Club took place Jan. 2nd. 



Tho Chicago Carnation Co. is mail- 

 ing out attractive calendars this wee's. 



Ten tuousand visitors were counted 

 in Garfield Park conservatories Sun- 

 day, Der. 29. 



K. Wienhoeber Co. has Joseph Pa- 

 quette formerly with Smith & Fetters 

 of Cleveland, 0., among the store 

 force. 



Mr. and Mrs. Peter Olsem have the 

 sympathy of the trade in the loss of 

 their four-year-old son, Robert, by 

 diphtheria, Dec. 30th. 



Mrs. Michael Fink is quite ill as the 

 result of making a mistake and taking 

 oxalic acid for what she thought was 

 a dose of simple medicine. 



A timely article on the wearing of 

 artificial flowers by Sarah Bernhardt 

 appeared in the local papers this week. 

 She regards them when well done, as 

 being as worthy productions as pic- 

 tures. 



The retail flower store of Leopold 

 Koropp, Evanston, Ore., is now in the 

 hands of an assignee and an effort is 

 being made to force the business into 

 the bankruptcy court. A decision is 

 expected soon. 



P. Diiris and P. Papus are preparing 

 to open a first-class retail store at 3.i 

 Broadway, Detroit. Mich., early in Jan- 

 uary. Mr. Duris has lieen with the Al- 

 pha Floral Co. for some time and will 

 now act as buyer for the new store 

 while his brother, Louis, will assist 

 Mr. Papiis in the Detroit store. 



The Foley Manufacturing Co. has re- 

 ceived a very gratifying letter from Jo- 

 seph Thomas, Greensburg, Pa., who 

 has just added a Foley range to his 

 extensive plant. The letter says: "The 

 frame is certainly the easiest and most 

 simple to erect of any house we have 

 built. The use of drive tools, rat 'ail 

 files and other devices are eliminated 

 entirely in the course of erection. 

 Many florists who have been through 

 the house pronoimce it the most n:od- 

 ern, up-to-date house they have ever 

 seen." 



Chicago retailers found the sales of 

 baskets, filled with anything except 



cut flowers, to be more in demand than 

 ever before. 



In one of the large retail stores in 

 the down-town district was seen a row 

 of beautiful baskets filled with plants, 

 each bearing a number. The cus- 

 tomers' selections w'ere delivered di- 

 rect from the greenhouses, saving 

 much time and contusion in the s:ore. 



The shortage in azalea plants, owing 

 to the September frost in Belgium 

 was not felt so much as was antici- 

 pated, such a good supply of all other 

 plants being available. Then there 

 were really many fine azaleas in the 

 market grown by those fortunate 

 enough to receive their stock early. 



The holiday exhibit of blooming 

 plants at the Garfield Park conserva- 

 tories is being viewed by a large num- 

 ber of people each day and even'.ng. 

 The largest attendance naturally is on 

 Sunday, but the count on Christmas 

 day proved remarkably large. A spe- 

 cial feature of this year's exhibit is 

 the begonia plants— 900 Gloire de Lor- 

 raines, each plant an almost perfect 

 specimen, were massed in three divis- 

 ions and the effect was fine. In one 

 instance there was a bed of Glory of 

 Cincinnati just opposite and a splendiJ 

 opportunity was afforded to crntrast 

 the French and the Anieriian varittlts. 

 The color of both flower and foliage 

 of the Glory of Cincinnati is decprr 

 and more pleasing and August Ko;h. 

 head gardener, says its lasting quali- 

 ties are much superior. The beds of 

 poinsettias were all single-stemme i 

 plants and a sloping side benrh was 

 cleverly broken up by paper-white nar- 

 cissi and stevia. Mr. Koch came to 

 Chicago last April from the Shaw Bo- 

 tanical Gardens. St. Louis, and says 

 he sees a difference in the c inatie 

 conditions here not altogether favcr- 

 able. It is his first winter here, he 

 having come in April to succeed John 

 Sell, gardener for many years, who 

 passed away in February. 



Visitors-J. J. Karins of H. A. Dreer, 

 Philadelphia. Pa.; C. C. Young, St. 

 Louis, .Mo.; B. H. Flynn, Columbus, O.; 

 M. Rochlin. Sioux City. la.; F. Gorley, 

 St. Louis. Mo.; Mr. Langhins of Van 

 Zannevelt & Phillipo, Sassenheim, 

 Holland: E. J. Fancourt of S. S. Pen- 



nock-.Meehan Co., Philadelphia; Robt. 

 Karlstrom, South Orange, N. J. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Modesto, Gal. — Charles Fellows has 

 opened a nursery yard at Eleventh 

 and J streets. 



Scotch Grove, la. — The Scotch 

 Grove nursery has been leased by F. 

 \V. Royden of Lynnville. 



Santa Cruz, Cal.— T. B. Butterworth, 

 nurseryman of Watsonville, is about 

 to open a nursery sales yard on Lin- 

 coln street. 



North Manchester, Ind. — W. D. and 

 C. G. Bruner are now owners of the 

 Riverside greenhouses formerly owned 

 by J. J. Martin. 



Brooklyn, Mich. — E. E. Stewart has 

 secured 220 acres of land near here 

 and will use it for his gladiolus busi- 

 ness. A large storage building will 

 be erected. 



Salt Lake City, Utah — On the pro- 

 test of Incal florists that it injured 

 their business, the sale of Christmas 

 greens, festooning and flowers on the 

 streets w-as proliibited by the city 

 commission on and after December 19. 



EVER READY 

 POTCOVER 



The modern way of 

 artistlciill.T decorat- 

 ing unsightly clay 

 flower puts. Make.^ 

 plants sell better as 

 they are artistic 

 and attractive. In- 

 expensive, dural>l»' 

 and instantly ap- 

 plied. Made In four colors and man.v 

 sizes. Sample will be sent on receipt 

 of 10c. 



Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co. 



146 HUGHES AVE., BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Florists' Refrigerators 



Write us for r.-ita!rgue and Prices, stating size you 

 require, and for what kind of cut ffowcrs you wish 

 to use the rcf rigerHtor : also slate whether you 

 want it for display or only for storage. 



McCray Pefri^erator Co., 



553 Lake Street Kendallvifle, Ind. 



Mention Horticulture wAen you u-rite. 



