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PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Begonia Duke of Marlboro is con- 

 sidered by Charles H. Campbell to be 

 a grand Christmas plant. Its grey- 

 white trusses are massive, freely pro- 

 duced and borne well above the foliage. 

 He has found it u good seller the past 

 three seasons. 



George Anderson thinks that the 

 ruling averages on cut roses this sea- 

 son will have some effect on the auto- 

 mobile industry, and that there will be 

 a few good second-hand machines for 

 sale among the flower growers next 

 June. At this writing we have been 

 unable to get a price on Mr. Ander- 

 son's own '"devil-wagon." 



Christian Eisele has purchased the 

 dwelling and large rear lot on the 

 north of his present property at 11th 

 and Roy Sts. The Westmoreland St. 

 extension is expected to go through this 

 season and will take away his old 

 dwelling and part of his greenhouses, 

 for which he has been awarded $7,000 

 by the city. Hitchings & Co. have the 

 contract to rebuild three houses 60 x 

 15 feet. Mrs. Claus, a neighboring 

 florist, has been awarded $5,300- for the 

 damages to her greenhouses, etc., for 

 the same street extension, but we un- 

 derstand she does not intend to re- 

 build. 



Godfrey Aschman believes the great 

 secret of his success in Easter lily cul- 

 ture lies in having the bulbs well ri- 

 pened before potting them, and then 

 keeping them growing slowly at first, 

 but without the slightest check. If 

 careful attention be given to these 

 two points, little will be heard in the 

 land as to bad bulbs. 



Edward Reid left on the 20th inst. 

 on a brief gunning trip to North Caro- 

 lina. A trip like this is a good anti- 

 dote tor the rather backward trade 

 conditions this year. It is also fine 

 when the season happens to be un- 

 usually i)rosperous. In fact, it resem- 

 bles the Duke of York's special brew 

 — "warm in winter, cool in summer, 

 good all the year." 



A large audience assembled in Hor- 

 ticultural Hall on the 21st inst. to lis- 

 ten to J. Otto Thilow's lecture on the 

 Yellowstone Park. The lecture was 

 splendidly illustrated with stereopticon 

 views. 



W. K. Harris, while able to be 

 around after his severe illness of last 

 fall, is still far from his normal self. 

 He and Commodore Westeott are con- 

 templating a trip to the Bermudas for 

 a few weeks' rest, recuperation and 

 change of air. 



Spring show of Pennsylvania Horti- 

 tural Society will open March 31. 



DAYTON NEWS. 

 In a very cordial letter, Mr. H. H. 

 Ritter writes us that business in Day- 

 ton has been generally satisfactory 

 this season, the flower trade being 

 fairly busy. The plant trade is not as 

 good as It might lie. as elsewhere the 

 weather has been unseasonably spring 

 like. Mr. Ritter says: "One day last 

 week I picked about a dozen dande- 

 lion blooms in my yard; but now we 

 are having cold weather with the sun 

 nice and bright, which brings us good 

 stock." Among recent visitors were 

 Fred Beerhorst, Holland, and W. C. 

 .Johnson, Cambridge, Ohio. 



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NEWS NOTES. 



A. E. Jennings, florist, of Toronto. 

 Can., has made an assignment. 



W. C. Hawkins has started in the 

 florist business in Palestine, Texas. 



A dividend of 20 per cent, has been 

 declared to the creditors of A. J. Fel- 

 louris. New York. 



W. .7. Kingsbury, of West Derry, 

 N. H.. has purchased the Smith green- 

 houses and will continue the busi- 

 ness. 



E. F. Hauser has purchased the Pros- 

 pect avenue greenhouses at Rutledge. 

 Pa., and will make changes and im- 

 provements. 



The Meuret greenhouses at Park 

 Ridge, Chicago, have been leased by L,. 

 C. Schelt Mr. Meuret will locate near 

 by and put up new houses. 



Charles De Clerc will open an oflii^e 

 in the Hoffman Building, Green Bay, 

 Wis., about February 1, where orders 

 may be taken for the stock to be grown 

 in his new houses near the Fort How- 

 ard cemetery. 



Leonard Barron, managing editor of 

 the Garden Magazine, gave a lecture 

 in the Free Lecture Course of the 

 American Institute at the Berkeley Ly- 

 ceum, New York City, on Wednesday, 

 January 22, on "Everybody's Flower 

 Garden," with suggestions on plans of 

 arrangement for harmonious color ef- 

 fect. The lecture was illustrated with 

 stereopticon slides of great interest and 

 was enjoyed by a large and apprecia- 

 tive audience. 



You will find something worth reading 

 on every page of HORTICULTURE. 



FIRE RECORD. 



A fire that started in the boiler room 

 injured the greenhouses of W. L. Por- 

 ter, of Ogden, Utah, to the amount of 

 $3000. No insurance. 



A greenhouse belonging to Dr. D. J. 

 Nagel, of New York, at his summer 

 residence on Game Cock Island, was 

 destroyed on January 8. Loss about 



$soo. 



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