October 17, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



519 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Ralph K. Faust has retired t om the 

 treasurership <>t the Pennock-Meehan 

 Co., and is succeeded by Percy E. Rig- 

 by. Mr. Faust accepted a tempting 

 offer fiom his uncle, a wealthy leather 

 manufacturer in Camden, N. J., his 

 holdings in the Pennock-Meehan Com- 

 pany being transferred to that corpora- 

 tion, in which he now holds no interest 

 except that of cordial friendship. 



Samuel F. I.illey, late salesman for 

 Eugene Weiss, Hatboro, and Edward 

 Upton, late salesman for J. Welsh 

 Young, Germantown, have formed a 

 co-paitneiship and will conduct 

 a wholesale commission cut flower 

 business at 1514 Sansom street. They 

 opened for business Oct. 12th. We 

 wish the new firm every success. 



Founders' Week brought about four 

 million visitors to Philadelphia last 

 week. There were many of our craft 

 among them, but mostly from eastern 

 Pennsylvania and nearby states. Busi- 

 ness, except in special lines, was hin- 

 dered more than helped by the celebra- 

 tion, but no doubt the flower trade will 

 feel the good effects in due course. 



The business parade on Wednesday 



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was very imposing. The horticultural 

 element was well represented by the 

 Henry F. Michel! Co., whose lioat 

 showed a beautifully laid out plot of 

 real grass — in the centre of which was 

 a circular bed of hyacinths of red, white 

 and blue, bordered with yellow tulips. 

 Pillars surrounded the scene surmount- 

 ed with vases of plants. Philip Freud 

 represented the gardener. 



The historical parade on Friday was 

 of special interest to the local florists, 

 as one of their number, J. J. Haber- 

 mehl's Sons, constructed some forty 

 of the floats, on which we are told they 

 had been working since last August. 

 These were historically accurate and, 

 while elaborate, did not depart from 

 the best standards of good taste. 



Messrs. Dreer contented themselves 

 with a lavish display of dahlias and 

 larkspurs on one side, and pumpkins 

 on the other, which was a centre of 

 interest to the throngs passing down 

 Chestnut street, on their way to Inde- 

 pendence Hall. 



Among our visitors this week: Mr. 

 Payne, of Sawyer & Payne, Jackson- 

 ville. Florida. He reports good crops 

 south and a very hopeful feeling 

 among the merchants. He was sur- 

 prised at the congested flower condi- 

 tions in New York and congratulated 

 Philadelphia on better regulated bal- 

 ance between supply and demand. We 

 don't quite see it — here. We think 

 situation rank enough. 



At the annual meeting of the Na- 

 tional Farm School at Doylestown, Pa., 

 the president, referring to the change 

 in the horticultural department, said: 

 "in our faculty a change was made 

 during the past year in the appoint- 

 ment of Mr. Walter F. Fancourt as 

 horticulturist, succeeding Mr. W. B 

 B'ierly. Mr. Fancou t hat, won for 

 himself an enviable reputation as a 

 thoroughly skilled and eminently prac- 

 tical roan in his profession, and the 

 school may therefore look forward to 

 great progress in its department of 

 horticulture, fruit laising and truck 

 gardening" — till of which we a'e sure 

 will he echoed by Mr. Fancourt's fel- 

 low craftsmen in the trade. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 The Alpha Floral Co., Pes Moines, 

 Iowa, has enlarged its window capa- 

 city and made other striking iinprov- 

 ments. 



It is stated that the Philadelphia 

 Cut Flower Company has secured 

 judgment against the Newton Floral 

 Co., Norfolk , Va., in the sum of 

 $458.50. 



NEW RETAIL FLOWER STORES. 



P. R. Burtt, Greenfield, Mass. 



Frank Benson, Indianapolis, Ind. 



William Hoffman, Pawtucket, R. I. 



W. C. Young, 316 Broad St., Provi- 

 dence, R. I. 



W. W. Mulich, 700 Wealthy Ave., 

 Grand Rapids. Mich. 



Harvey Erchert & Co. have opened a 

 new flower store at 1004 Elmwood ave. r 

 Buffalo, under the sign of the Elm- 

 wood Floral Depot. The Erchert Co. 

 have greenhouses on Biid ave. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 

 The Empire Plant & Floral Co., 

 Spokane, Wash., has sold out to I. 

 Hajek. 



Lemoine Bros, have bought the bus- 

 iness of Remick & Smith, S. Frani- 

 ingham, Mass. 



The firm of Weigel & Ujfalussy, 

 New York, has dissolved, and the bus- 

 iness will be carried on by Mr. Wei- 

 gel. 



The Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica 

 Plain. Mass., will hereafter be under 

 the management of Henry S. Dawson. 

 Mr. Dawson, who has been connected 

 with the nurseries for the past four 

 years, is the youngest son of Jackson 

 Dawson of the Arnold Arboretum, and 

 that he will conduct the establishment 

 in a manner which will especially ap- 

 peal to the buyers of choice ornamen- 

 tal stock goes without saying. 



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