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HORTICULTURE 



November 9, 1918 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



CHICAGO. 



A. Henderson is back from New 

 York where he has been looking after 

 his Dutch and French bulbs which re- 

 cently arrived there. 



Mrs. Chas. McKellar is at St. Jo- 

 seph, Mich., where she is taking the 

 baths for rheumatism. Mr. McKellar 

 reports business good. 



PYank Oechslin received his Dutch 

 bulbs on Monday and on Tuesday 

 they were being planted. The ones 

 from the other side arrived in excel- 

 lent condition and are larger than 

 those grown in California. 



The florists and allied trades are 

 now hard at work on their quota of 

 $13,500 to be raised by Nov. 18th, for 

 the various war relief organizations. 

 Judging by the way they went over 

 the top at the last big drive, this one 

 will be an easy matter. 



Conditions during the past month 

 have again brought forcibly to the 

 mind of the retail florists, the neces- 

 sity for organization. A few met and 

 discussed the matter at St. Hubert's 

 Grill with the result that a meeting 

 of retailers was called at the Congress 

 Hotel, Nov. 4th, to which about 25 rep- 

 resentative florists responded and an 

 association is practically assured. The 

 benefits of such an organization were 

 discussed and covered such lines as 

 their relations to each other, to the 

 wholesalers, to the public officials and 

 the necessity of uniformity of credit. 

 F. S. Webb, manager of the Florists' 

 Credit Association which is also the 

 Official Credit and Collection Bureau 

 of the S. A. F. & O. H. acted as tem- 

 porary secretary. Another meeting is 

 to follow very soon. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Edward J. Dooner, well known to 

 the trade from his life-time connec- 

 tion with Dooner's Hotel, has sold out 

 his interest to his brother Frank and 

 gone into the banking business with 

 Newburger, Henderson & Loeb. 



The Philadelphia seed stores are 

 still rushed with their bulb orders 

 on account of late arrivals. One of 

 the biggest houses who do a counter 

 trade closed their front shops for near- 

 ly two weeks to catch up on orders. 

 On Nov. 4th it was reported that they 

 had only reached the orders arriving 

 Oct. 7th. 



BOSTON. 



The street floor and basement in the 

 buildings Nos. 21-25 Otis street, ex- 

 tending through to 102-104 Arch street 

 has been leased to the B. A. Snyder 

 Company, wholesale florists, who will 

 occupy the larger part of the premises 

 upon completion of alterations. 



At the annual meeting of the Boston 

 Co-operative flower market Oct. 26th, 

 the following officers were elected: 

 John McFarland, Wm. H. Elliott, Rob- 

 ert Montgomery, Donald Carmichael, 

 Elijah Cartwright, Norris F. Comley, 

 James W. Simpson, Walter R. Holden, 

 J. M. Cohen, directors; Donald Car- 

 michael, treasurer; John McFarland, 

 clerk. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Henry Gottenkenny, for many years 

 with Gude Bros. Co., has resigned and 

 has left the florist business entirely. 



The florists were very much disap- 

 pointed with the Hallowe'en business. 

 There was little entertaining because 

 of influenza. The supply of flowers 

 was in excess of the demand. The 

 opening of the theatres, following a 

 thirty-one day closing has increased 

 the demand for flowers for personal 

 adornment. 



J. Harper Hetherington, manager 

 for the Washington Floral Co., is back 

 at the store following an attack of in- 

 fluenza. David G. Grillbortzer, who 

 controls this establishment as well 

 as operating two large ranges of 

 greenhouses in Alexandria, has also 

 recovered from the same malady. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The St. Louis Cut Flower Co. is now 

 advertising Xmas Holly, southern va- 

 riety, at $6.00 per case. 



Cicoski, recently on Cass avenue, 

 expects to open a new store on Frank- 

 lin avenue in the near future. 



The St. Louis Seed Co. are now In 

 full swing. Their bulbs are now ready 

 for distribution and orders coming in 

 rapidly. 



Little Ads. That Bring 

 Big Returns 



Little Ads. in our Classified Buyers' Direc- 

 tory bring bipr returns to both advertiser 

 Anything: wanted by florists, cardeners, 

 park and cemetery superintendents, etc., 

 can be sold throuf^h this medium. 

 Don't fail to read over these Ads. in each 

 issue and you may find one or more that 

 will prove profitable to you. 



Obituary 



Adolph Hartung 



Just as we went to press last week, 

 one of the pioneers of the trade, 

 Adolph Hartung, passed to the be- 

 yond, at the ripe age of 80 years. 



He was a resident of Chicago for 

 over fifty years and was a pioneer In 

 the flower business which is now car- 

 ried on by his son, Geo. Hartung, the 

 Kensington florist. Mr. Hartung at 

 one time was interested in fruit grow- 

 ing in Michigan. He is survived by 

 one daughter and four sons. The 

 funeral was held at the residence on 

 Oct. 30th and interment was in Grace- 

 land cemetery. 



Prof. E. F. Stoddard. 

 Prof. E. F. Stoddard, head of the de- 

 partment of vegetable gardening, 

 Maryland State College, passed away 

 Oct. 23d, of pneumonia. He was born 

 in Carbondale, Pa., May 14, 1888, and 

 a graduate of Pennsylvania State Col- 

 lege. He is survived by his wife and 

 two small children. 



Chester S. Weaver. 

 Chester S. Weaver, son of Jacob H. 

 Weaver, florist, of Witmer, Pa., died 

 from influenza last week, at the age 

 of twenty years. The young man had 

 been his father's assistant and was 

 well liked by the trade. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Toronto, Ont. — J. Austin Shaw, New 

 York. 



Boston — Mr. and Mrs. Alexander 

 Montgomery, Hadley, Mass.; Dr. Lane, 

 Philadelphia. 



Washington — Henry A. Bester, Jr., 

 Hagerstown, Md. 



Rochester, N. Y.— E. G. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind. 



Philadelphia — A. R. Newton, Nor- 

 folk, Virginia; John A. Cook, Beverly, 

 N. J,; J. R. Barton, Norfolk, Va. 



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