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HORTICULTURE 



June 21, 1913 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Edward Eisner, for many years with 

 C. A. Samuelson and lately in the re- 

 tail business for himself, is now in 

 charge of H. Rowe's store on East 

 Monroe street. 



Theo. Arndt, 844 Roscoe street, who 

 has been a conspicuous figure at the 

 flower shows, demonstrating how 

 flower pots are made, will leave short- 

 ly for North Germany where a legacy 

 hequeathed by an uncle awaits him. 



The little group of retail florists, or- 

 ganized a few months ago, as the 

 North Shore Florists' Association, has 

 already seen the possibilities of a 

 hroader field for their energies. At 

 their last meeting they changed their 

 name to the Retail Florists Associa- 

 tion of Chicago and have sent an in- 

 vitation to other florists to join with 

 them. 



The local papers are commenting 

 on the popularity of the window 

 hoxes on office buildings, stores and 

 hotels in the crowded loop district. 

 The success of these attempts to 

 heautify and soften the appearance of 

 the forbidding masses of stone, com- 

 monly known as skyscrapers, seemed 

 an idle dream, for the heat reflected 

 from the walls and sidewalks was like 

 a blast from an oven during the hot 

 summer days, but notwithstanding 

 this, these boxes are more in evidence 

 each year and the plants are making 

 fairly good growth away up above the 

 heads of passers by. 



The Kroeschell Boiler shipping sea- 

 son has opened up at a lively pace. On 

 June 12th three Kroeschell Boilers 

 were shipped to heat 85,000 square 

 feet of glass. One of the boilers went 

 to the Atlantic Sea Coast, the other 

 one to the Pacific Coast, and the third 

 one to Chicago's largest suburb, Mil- 

 waukee. The first shipment of the 

 day was a No. 14 Kroeschell Boiler to 

 Mueller Greenhouse Company, Brown 

 Deer, Wis. The second, a No. 14, to 

 Mr. Carl Ruef, Salem, Oregon, and the 

 third, a No. 6 boiler, to Mr. Ed. Buch- 

 tenkirch. Sea Cliff, N. Y. R. J. Tussine 

 ■of Canal Wincheston, O., is also in 

 with an order for a No. 6. 



At Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton 

 Grove, the carnation houses are an ob- 

 ject lesson on what expert manage- 

 in ent coupled with the best possible 

 equipment will do. After a long win- 

 ter of continuous bloom and a spring 

 of unusually heavy crops, the summer 

 finds the plants apparently as fresh 

 and prolific as ever. Gloriosa is now 

 producing stems averaging 40 inches, 

 with occasional ones reaching 47 

 inches and more. 



Foreman Guy French, who, by the 

 way, is president of the Chicago Flor- 

 ists' Club, is a student as well as a 

 grower and keeps an exact record of 

 the plants. He now has 20.000 

 Gloriosa and will gi-ow more next 

 year. Enchantress does not weaken, 

 but on the contrary never was better 

 in every particular. Scarlet Glow 

 presented a splendid appearance. They 

 plant their stock in the bench and let 

 them remain and bloom without stop- 

 ping for two years at a stretch. The 

 natural weakness of stem in Scarlet 

 Glow is overcome by proper feeding. 

 The carnation range yielded 110,000 

 blooms Memorial week. The young 

 chrysanthemum stock is large, strong 

 and of good color. There are 250,000 

 plants of standard varieties and r''im- 



GEORGE H.COOKE 



FLORIST 

 WASHINGTON D.C. 



pons in excess of the requirements of 

 their own houses. 



Personal. 



Mrs. C. X. Dickinson leaves this 

 week with her son for Montana. 



Mrs. A. T. Pyfer and son are spend- 

 ing a couple of weeks in Sheboygan, 

 ■Wis. 



Miss Gertrude Lewis of J. Mangel's 

 will spend her vacation near Winni- 

 peg, :\Ian. 



Peter Reinberg has tendered his 

 resignation as president of the Chi- 

 cago School Board. 



Fred Hinks and Henry C. Boler, 

 gardener at Hubbard Woods, 111., will 

 leave in July for two months in Eng- 

 land. 



Visitors— W. Otto, Tolleston, Ind.; 

 C. B. Knickman, rei)resenting Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co., New York; A. J. 

 Beehler. South Bend. Ind. 



ROCHESTER NEWS ITEMS. 



About thirty delegates from Roches- 

 ter and vicinity left last Friday for the 

 convention of the American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen in Portland, Ore. 

 John Hall, for four years secretary of 

 the Association, will return early in 

 July by way of California and Salt 

 Lake City. 



The plant of the American Fruit 

 Products Company of Rochester, N. 

 Y., was totally destroyed by fire on 

 June 11th and the loss is estimated to 

 be at least |150,000. Owing to the fact 

 that Ihe plant is located outside of the 

 city line only a limited amount of ap- 

 paratus could be sent to the scene. 

 The main plant contained several thou- 

 sand cider barrels but in fifteen min- 

 utes after the fire was discovered the 

 plant was a mere shell. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



C. E. Critchell has rented the floor 

 above his present place. Mr. Critchell 

 will use the new space for supplies 

 and offices and the present space for 

 cut flowers alone. 



Visitors: Harry Balsley, Detroit, 

 Mich.; Al Newman, Zanesville, O.; 

 Mrs. Lampert and Miss Lampert, 

 Zanesville, 0., and Mr. and Mrs. B. H. 

 Klus, Anderson, Ind. 



The Outing Committee has selected 

 Coney Island for the annual outing 

 pursuant to their instructions. It will 

 be on Thursday. July 17. Tickets are 

 being mailed to the various florists. 



PERSONAL. 

 J. H. Dann, Sr., of Westfield, N. Y., 

 sails on June 24th on a voyage to Arc- 

 tic regions. 



Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hollenbach of 

 Chicago sailed on the S. S. New Am- 

 sterdam June 10th for a three months' 

 trip to Europe. 



James Benzie, gardener on the Flan- 

 agan estate at Newton, Mass., sailed for 

 Europe on the Franconia from Boston, 

 Tuesday, June 10. 



Miss Catherine Montgomery, daugh- 

 ter of Alexander Montgomery, and Mr. 

 Hallett E. Jones were married at Na- 

 tick. Mass., on Tuesday, June 10. 



Bert L. Chadwick informs us that 

 the report that he had left Vaughan's 

 Seed Store to take a position else- 

 where, which was current last week, is 

 not correct and that he is still with 

 the above-mentioned concern. 



Boston visitors — S. G. Harris, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y.; Bertrand H. Farr, presi- 

 dent of the American Peony Society. 



Washington visitors — James Hea- 

 cock, of Joseph Heacock & Sons; 

 Charles W. Fox and Mr. Connors, with 

 Lord & Burnham, all of Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



ALFRED REHDER HONORED. 



HoHTKULTiKE cxtcuds hearty con- 

 gratulations to Mr. Alfred Rehder, of 

 the Arnold Arboretum, who was the 

 recipient of the honorary degree of 

 A. M. from Harvard University, on 

 Wednesday, June 19. 



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