HORTICULTURE 



September 28, 1918 



CHICAGO. 



Albert Koehler, secretary of the 

 American Bulb Co. is mourning the 

 loss of his father whose death oc- 

 curred Sept. 7th. 



Thos. Kidwell, whose father is one 

 of Chicago's pioneer florists, has sent 

 home a German helmet which he se- 

 cured while on duty "somewhere in 

 France." 



The show window of the American 

 Bulb Co. has a very appropriate addi- 

 tion to its trays of bulbs, in the form 

 of a miniature vessel which suggests 

 the difficulties under which the stock 

 was secured. 



Wm. Wolf, who has built up a nice 

 little trade on East Monroe street 

 says the summer has not been a bad 

 one, but he is quite ready for the fall 

 business to begin. 



Arthur Stielow, .another stockhold- 

 er in the Chicago Flower Growers' 

 Assn., whose greenhouses are in Niles 

 Center, 111., sailed for France recent- 

 ly, in the heavy field artillery branch 

 of the service. 



In spite of the increased difficulty 

 of getting in moss this year, owing to 

 scarcity of labor and transportation 

 troubles, the American Bulb Co. has 

 received 20 cars of it. A. Miller, 

 president of the company is in New 

 York this week. 



Peter Schurer, a grower of Evans- 

 ton, and a stock holder of the Chicago 

 Flower Growers' Assn., has received 

 word that his son, recently injured in 

 action, has been returned from France 

 and is now in a hospital in Cape May, 

 N. J. Mr. Schurer's daughter has 

 gone east to see her brother. 



A. Lange has eleven stars in his 

 service flag now and it is probable 

 that his son, Homer, will enter the 

 service soon and add another. Two 

 former employees have been reported 

 in the list of casualties so far, Chaun- 

 cy Sanders, severely wounded, and 

 Fred Colterjohn, gassed and injured. 

 Business is reported as good at the 

 Lange store with the preponderance 

 of the trade going to funeral work. 

 The window of this store was a blaze 

 of fall coloring this week with the 

 beautiful bittersweet from Michigan 

 putting the finishing touches to win- 

 dow edges, basket handles and bou- 

 quets. Nothing from the woods is 

 more graceful and brilliant than this. 

 Thirty-two hundred dollars were 

 realized from the sale of stock at the 

 .\nton Then place last week. The 



Central Trust Co. of Illinois, receiv- 

 ers for Wm. Langhout, bankrupt, who 

 recently purchased the place, was or- 

 dered by the U. S. District court to 

 sell the stock at public auction.. Some 

 sensational prices were made on 

 plants and everything was sold at a 

 fraction of its value. A. Then has the 

 greenhouse back again, 'a sadder and 

 wiser man. 



The Central Floral Co., 132 N. 

 State street, has another window dis- 

 play, which is strictly patriotic but 

 the crowds cannot see it without also 

 seeing the companion window with 

 its beautiful arrangement of fresh 

 flowers. The window shows a sol- 

 dier in uniform with gun in hand, just 

 opening the gate to leave for the war 

 and to his faithful dog, who tries to 

 pass out with him he says: "Not this 

 time, old pal" The work is splendid- 

 ly done and brings the tears to many 

 eyes. 



The bowling season opened for the 

 Chicago Florists' Club on Sept. 20tli. 

 when John Huebner, AUie Zech, Fred 

 Price, Peter Olsem and Wm. Lorinan 

 met at Kaad's Alleys, Lincoln and 

 Western avenues, and organized the 

 first Centrals in the Kaad League, 

 with John Huebner as captain. On 

 Sept. 24th the second league of Cen- 

 trals was formed with John Huebner 

 again captain and Fred Lieberman, 

 Ed. Martin, Wm. Lorman and Wm. 

 Wolf, members. They will bowl at 

 the Lincoln alleys, Lincoln avenue 

 and Belmont avenues. 



In the decorations of the great de- 

 partment stores, the minimum use of 

 flowers is very noticeable in their 

 fall openings. Even artificial flowers 

 are almost entirely lacking and for 

 the first time in many years, if not in 

 the history of the store, all that 

 would suggest the use of flowers is 

 eliminated from the main floor of 

 Marshall Fields', and the great aisles 

 twelve feet wide and a block 

 long are draped only by flags, 

 a beautiful and inspiring sight, but 

 the large urns that have heretofore 

 topped the central corners are con- 

 spicuously absent. Another store 

 used evergreens of various kinds, in 

 festoons but the work was so poorly 

 done that it was not attractive. These 

 influences, in the heart of the world's 

 wealthiest retail district is to be re- 

 gretted, for 'the 100,000 or more peo- 

 ple who visit the shopping district in 

 the "loop" each day cannot help being 

 influenced to some degree. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



George W. Hess, Judge Downey and 

 William F. Gude, with his two sons, 

 spent the week end with Mr. John 

 Westcott, at Barnegat Bay. 



Miss Nellie Brueninger, of the Gude 

 Bros, store, is back from a three 

 weeks' vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Roy 

 Dore and daughter. Shirley, are here 

 from Conifer, Colo. Mrs. Dore 

 is the sister of Miss Nellie Bruenin- 

 ger. 



Chauffeurs in the employ of the flor- 

 ists of Washington are warned to car- 

 ry their registration cards with them 

 at all times. Ernest McCarter, col- 

 ored dellveryman in the employ of the 

 Leo Niessen Co., found himself in 

 rather an uncomfortable position re- 

 cently when, following a collision with 

 another machine, he was taken to the 

 police station because of having left 

 big registration card at home. 



Declaring that the local stores are 

 in sore straits for clerical help, the 

 local merchants' association has ap- 

 pealed to the women of Washington to 

 accept positions and thus make up for 

 the loss of man power due to the 

 draft, the work-or-fight order, and en- 

 listments. The business houses of 

 Washington have gladly given their 

 best help to the services of the coun- 

 try. Among those heaviest hit are 

 the florists, who will gladly welcome 

 any additions to their forces. 



The next regular meeting oT the 

 Florists Club of Washington, D. C, is 

 scheduled for Tuesday evening, Octo- 

 ber 1. The florists have been asked 

 to assist in the Fourth Liberty Loan 

 Campaign and at this meeting it will 

 be explained to them how they can 

 best help. Definite plans will be an- 

 nounced with respect to window dis- 

 play and newspaper advertising. 



Letters from the front tell of the 

 sending to base hospitals of Horace 

 D., and Frank W. Hetherington, sons 

 of the late lifetime employee of Rob- 

 ert Craig Co., of Philadelphia, and 

 brothers of J. Harper Hetherington, 

 manager of the Washington Floral Co. 

 Horace has been rather severely 

 gassed by the enemy, while Frank is 

 a victim of rheumatism. During the 

 recent drive he stood in water up to 

 his hips and has since become crip- 

 pled as a result. Mrs. Hetherington, 

 mother of these boys, is entitled to 

 wear a service pin with three stars, 

 for there is another boy, William M. 

 Hetherington, Over There. 



The business of W. W. Kimmel, 



