HORTICULTUEE 



July 27, 1918 



CHICAGO. 



Growers of asters report the present 

 outlook not very bright, 



Frank Jarrel of Zech & Mann's 

 leaves Saturday for the Great Lakes 

 Naval Training Station where he will 

 be trained for his work as auto ma- 

 chanic. 



J. Mangel again has the crowds 

 around his windows to watch the an- 

 tics of his mandarin ducks and inci- 

 dentally to be attracted by a beauti- 

 ful floral display. 



J. A. Budlong is cutting his first 

 Golden Glow chrysanthemums. In 

 size and perfection of color they are 

 the equal of that favorite variety 

 when grown in the fall. This is the 

 earliest that Manager Philip Schupp 

 has ever cut this' flower and he has 

 so planted that the cut will be steady 

 from now on. They are selling from 

 two to three dollars per dozen. 



The business people of the Wilson 

 avenue district, including the florists, 

 have organized and are holding an 

 exposition all this week. The associa- 

 tion was originally for credit protec- 

 tion but has broadened into morals in 

 general with a good amount of patriot- 

 ism included. A local paper contained 

 the picture of Miss StoUery, daughter 

 of the North Shore florist, who was 

 one of the young ladies who acted as 

 flower girls at the exposition. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Louis J. Hohman, who is employed 

 at the store of Gude Bros. Co., is en- 

 joying a two weeks' vacation. 



Florists doing business with citizens 

 of foreign countries should go over 

 their mailing lists and remove such 

 names as are on the enemy trading 

 list. Copies of the enemy trading lis! 

 may be had from the War Trade 

 Board, Washington, D. C. 



The attention of all florists is being 

 called to the order of the United States 

 Fuel Administration which, effective 

 July 24, restricts the use of fuel for 

 illumination. Under this order the 

 use of light produced by the use of 

 coal, gas, oil or other fuel for illumi- 

 nating advertisements or signs or for 

 external ornamentation will be discon- 

 tinued Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 

 and Thursday of each week within 

 New England states, N. Y., Penna., 

 N. J., Del. and Md., and D. C. and will 



be entirely discontinued on Monday 

 and Tuesday of each week in all the 

 remainder of the United States. , It is 

 estimated that about 500,000 tons of 

 coal per year is used for advertising 

 purposes, including display and show 

 window lighting, in the. United States. 



William J. Manda 



This is the picture of William J. 

 Manda, son of Joseph Manda, West 

 Orange, N. J., now reported as 

 severely wounded in France. This 

 picture was taken before he sailed 

 over there. No further news has been 

 received since the official announce- 

 ment that he had been wounded. We 

 hope that good tidings may come 

 soon tliat the wound is not severe or 

 permanent. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



George B. Hart has been away for a 

 few days at the Republican nomination 

 held at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



George T. Boucher has a very cool 

 looking window display this week of 

 porch vases very nicely filled. 



Haus Muller, of Pittsford, who 

 grows very fine celosias, has a splendid 

 display in the window of Salter Bros. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock 

 and family are spending the summer at 

 the Manhassett Hotel, Seaside Park, 

 N. J. 



Edwin R. Matthews, late of Mee- 

 han's Nurseries, has associated him- 

 self with two others in a new venture 

 in the same line with nursery at Chest- 

 nut Hill and an office in Philadelphia. 



Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. McKenna 

 announce the marriage of their daugh- 

 ter, Mary Catherine, to Frederick J. 

 Michell. Jr., June 27th, 1918. The an- 

 nouncement card came along very 

 leisurely about a month after the in- 

 teresting event which accounts for our 

 being so slow in extending our con- 

 gratulations. "At home" after Sept. 

 1st at 6134 Carpenter street. 



There are many fine varieties of 

 gladioli now arriving in the cut flower 

 market. One of the most conspicuous 

 is a variety of intense deep violet 

 blue called Baron Hulot. It is cer- 

 tainly a most remarkable color, very 

 intense and beautiful, although it does 

 not compare in size with Mrs. Francis 

 King and others of that class. Make 

 a note of it for your next season's 

 planting. 



Sellersvllle, Pa. — Frank Christman, 

 as a result of the fuel stringency, has 

 decided to discontinue business until 

 the war Is over. 



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