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HOKTICULTU RE 



April 18. 1908 



PLANT NOTES. 



Chicago growers complain that many 

 of tile Dutch bulbs have proven very 

 poor this year. 



Plant growers report a largely in- 

 creased demand each season, of late, 

 for Eiiphoibia .Incciuinaeflora. Its 

 a(la|)tability as a Christmas cut flower 

 is beginning to get recognition. 



The pretty little blue Saintpaulia 

 lonantha is not dimcult to handle un- 

 less it gets too much water or too 

 much sun. Moderate doses of each 

 are more to its liking. It should be 

 grown in quautity for jardiniere use. 



A few vines of Solanum jasminoides 

 allowed to grow overhead in the show 

 house add greatly to the attractive- 

 ness and its pendant clusters of pure 

 white flowers will be found useful in 

 such w-ork as mirror or mantel deco- 

 ration. Its growth is not heavy 

 enough to obstruct the light to any 

 Injurious extent. 



At Lincoln Park conservatories, 

 gardener Frey has been doing some 

 crossing between Cineraria stellata 

 and C. hybrida, the progeny possess- 

 ing intermediate characteristics, com- 

 bining the tall growth and airy grace- 

 fulness of the stellata and the large 

 full flowers of the florists' hybrid 

 strains and eliminating the heavy 

 coarse habit of the latter. 



The E. G. Hill Company are so con- 

 spicuous iu the production of roses 

 that their work in zonal geraniums is 

 thrown into the shade. The visitor to 

 the Richmond greenhouses will find, 

 however, some very handsome seed- 

 lings blooming and among them one 

 of the highest order of merit, which 

 has been named Lucille. Among the 

 imported novelties Col. Porner looms 

 up as decidedly the most pronounced 

 yellow scarlet yet produced. The 

 seedling carnations at Mr. Hill's in- 

 clude several eye-openers. 



PLANT IMPORTS. 



From Antwerp: H. F. Darrow, 2 

 cs. plants; J. Dunn, 1 cs. do.; Maltus 

 & Ware. 10 cs. do., 6 cs. trees. 6 tubs 

 do.; L. Patterson, 1 cs. plants; Au- 

 gust Rolker & Sous 15 cs. do.; J. Ter- 

 Kuile. 1 cs. do.; Henry P. Turner, 1 

 cs. do.; Sundry Forwarders, 11 cs. do., 

 16 cs. shrubs, 304 tubs laurel trees. 



From Rotterdam: Cleary's Horti- 

 cultural Co., 6 cs. plants; Wm. Elliott 

 & Sons, 22 cs. do.; R. F. Lang. 3 cs. 

 do.; McHutchison & Co., 1 cs. do.; P. 

 Ouwerkerk, 63 cs. trees; F. R. Pierson 

 & Co., 7 cs. do.; C. B. Richard & Co., 

 26 cs. do.; A. Rolker & Sons 10 cs. 

 plants; Orlando J. Smith, 31 pgs. do.; 

 J. M. Thorburu & Co.. 3 bgs. garden 

 seed; Vaughan's Seed Store, 4 cs. 

 trees and shrubs; Wadley & Smyth 

 11 cs. plants; Sundry Forwarders, 3 

 cs. trees, 117 pgs. plants; 3 cs. do. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



Alex. C. Frasor, formerly with R. C. 

 Hooper, W. Manchester, Mass., is now 

 located at Napanoch, N. Y. 



George Duncan, recently at Weld 

 Garden, Brookline, is on the Lester 

 Licland estate at W. Manchester. 



James Rust has left Roughwood. 

 Chestnut Hill, Mass., anl taken a 

 position with Philip L. Saltonstall. 

 Hyde Park. Mass. 



FIRE RECORD. 



An overturned lamp did considerable 

 damage to the office of F. B. Fountain, 

 Middletown, Conn., last week. 



J. T. Temple of Davenport, la., re- 

 cently sustained a loss of about $300_ 

 from a fire that started in a brush' 

 heap. 



B. B. Smalley and Mrs. C. B. Magee 

 were both burned out, losing every- 

 thing in the great fire at Chelsea, 

 Mass., on April 12. 



Allen Wheeler, Hutchinson, Minn., 

 lost his greenhouse by fire and many 

 of the plants that were saved were 

 killed by the frost. 



Greenhouses owned by James Weir 

 & Son, Fifth Ave. and 68th St., Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., were set on tire April 2, 

 probably by boys. Loss $50. 



Looking for a leak in the gais pipe 

 with a lighted match caused an explo- 

 sion in the store of E. Feldman, 1447 

 Broadway, Brooklyn. N. Y., on April 

 10. Fortunately the damage was 

 slight. 



The office and workrooms of Clark 

 Bros., Providence, R. I., were destroyed 

 by fire which started near the stove, 

 on April 4. The big greenhouses were 

 saved by the valiant efforts of the 

 firemen. 



MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 

 At a meeting of the board of di- 

 rectors and the trustees of the Henry 

 Shaw estate the past week it was de- 

 cided on an outlay of f.'iOO.OOO to erect 

 seven buildings. The undertaking em- 

 braces the founding of the finest her- 

 barium in the world. The idea was 

 conceived by Prof. Wm. Trelease, di- 

 rector of the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den ten years ago as set forth in his 

 eighth annual report to the trustees. 

 Prof. Trelease says the plan will be 

 carried out. He declared that the col- 

 lection.5 were incre-ising iit such a 

 rate that the building would not be 

 adequate within a few years. The 

 collection which, soon after the death 

 of Mr. Shaw in 18S9. numbered 160 

 specim.-'ns, now has more than 500.000. 

 The present buildings are overcrowded 

 and siifprient space (annot be given 

 for display. 



DURING RECESS. 



The bowlers of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club, inspired by Mr. Traendly's 

 tempting offer of free transportation 

 to the Niagara Falls convention for 

 the five making the highest record 

 above a certain figure, have taken hold 

 of the practice games in earnest. The 

 following list, with their scores for 

 two games as recorded last Friday 

 evening tells the story. 



M.Tl-shilU .^5.^1 Young 283 



Feniiili .'S:?l|Tr.nen(ll.v 272 



Maiida S29] A. Rifk.irds 272 



\y. Riikimls :^191Totty 25« 



Duokham MOISliaw 21C. 



OBITUARY. 

 Lawrence .1. Stuppy of St. Joseph, 

 Mo., died suddenly on March 30. He 

 has lived in Si. Joseph since 1851, and 

 started in the flower business there in 

 1873. A widow and six children sur- 

 vive him. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Fred Elierle has bought the business 

 of Daniel Malie in the North Side mar- 

 ket, Pittsburg, Pa. 



J. P. Herzog succeeds R. A. Mason & 

 Co, at Cadillac, Mich., he having 

 liought out the business. 



James M. King. 19S Tremont street, 

 Bronx. New York, has taken C. H. 

 Wainwright into partnership. 



R. and H. Cook of New Orleans, have 

 dissolved partneiship and Reinhard 

 will open a place on Scott street 



William Walker, Louisville, Ky., has 

 opened a branch store on Jefferson 

 street, between Third and Fourth 

 streets. 



Sidney Clark of Menlo Park, will 

 soon remove to Elmhurst, Cal., where 

 he has taken a lease of the Fromen- 

 weiler place. 



Alfred G. Lozier, Des Moines, Iowa, 

 has leased the store at 51S Walnut 

 street, and will begin at once on the 

 improvements necessary to make it 

 a model flower establishment. 



The Kenible Floral Co., has bought 

 Lyons Park, Mason City, Iowa, and it 

 is their intention to erect a range of 

 houses and move from West Fourth 

 street as soon as they are completed, 

 which will probably be by September 

 first. L. E. Flindt is local manager. 



The Bell Floral Co., succeeds to the 

 business of W. T. Bell & Sons, and 

 among the changes contemplated will 

 lie the removal of the greenhouses fiom 

 Franklin, Pa., to Xiles, although a 

 flower store and a stock of seeds will 

 be maintained at Franklin. John, Ed- 

 ward and Philip Bell comprise the 

 new firm. 



KILLARNEY'S CHICAGO HOME. 



Weiland & Reisch will build an 

 addition to their range of houses. The 

 work v'as begun this week and while 

 it is not yet decided jnst how large 

 the addition will be, it is OM-tain that 

 not less than one hundred thousand 

 square feet of glass will be used. This 

 extensive addition will be used for 

 roses, Killarney leading. 



Weiland & Reisch were the first 

 western growers to cultivate Killarney. 

 It was tried by American florists with 

 many misgiviiigs and very little suc- 

 cess, hut Weiland & Reisch had faith 

 in it and today Killarney is its own 

 witness to the foresight and persever- 

 ance of Weiland & Reisch. Today 

 there aie ten times as many Killar- 

 neys as Beauties sold in Chicago, 

 though it never will talve its place. It 

 is a morj generally becoming shade of 

 pink than Bridesmaid for the corsage 

 bouquet Although exceedingly hard 

 to propagate (being a ver>' free bloom- 

 er it does not make hard enough wood 

 for propagating), its cultivation is 

 rapidly increasing and would even 

 faster if stock could be secured. Mr. 

 Weiland thinks it the greatest seller 

 in ClU'a:40 today. 



WHY send away for worthless dry bulbs when 

 you can gain lin.e ari'i s^ve mnney by buying 

 at home Cannas all started for $2.00 

 per 100. Austria, Rohus'a. Pennsylvania, 

 Ilalia, Chas. Henderson, Mile. Btrat and 

 Pies. Curnot. 



J. «. ^nuRTLErr e> son, 



Cushman Ave., Revere, ^as». 



