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H H T I C U L T U R E 



December 7, 1918 



CHICAGO. 



Miss Paradise at A. L. Vaughan's 

 recently had word from her brother, 

 Eugene. He has been in most of the 

 big battles, in the ambulance service 

 of the 33rd division, and so far is 

 safe and well. 



Harry Blewitt of Desplaines re- 

 ceived a letter from Jack Beyer last 

 week. He was then In the big stone- 

 walled dugouts of the retreating Ger- 

 mans. Jack's friends are glad to 

 know that he is safe. 



Mr. and Mrs. Wuhlbrant, of the 

 Glove Greenhouses, have returned 

 from the south where they have been 

 harvesting their crop of pecans. They 

 brought a quantity to Chicago where 

 they are disposing of them. 



The way of the public servant is 

 frequently hard, and Peter Reinberg 

 is experiencing difficulties which he 

 meets in his usual straightforward 

 way. He vetoed the raise in salaries 

 of the members of the county board 

 of which he is president, but the mo- 

 tion was carried over his veto. 



Poinsettias in the retail flower 

 stores give the signal that another 

 Christmas time is near. The ad- 

 vance blooms are bright and it the 

 bulk of the stock is as good, this 

 general favorite will find its usual 

 cordial reception and very likely be 

 received with additional pleasure this 

 year. 



D. D. P. Roy is now connected with 

 the American Bulb Co. in the capacity 

 of traveling salesman and has started 

 on his first trip booking orders for 

 holiday goods. Mr. Roy reports that 

 retrenchment has been the word at 

 all the beautiful summer homes at 

 Lake Forest, and most of the private 

 conservatories are closed. 



The Desplaines growers who have 

 heretofore contributed largely to the 

 supply of cut flowers sold in this mar- 

 ket, say they will not have the car- 

 nations in quantity this year.- Fearing 

 another shortage of coal, they planted 

 more chrysanthemums, and some 

 houses were used tor vegetables that 

 formerly were In carnations. 



Phil Schupp says the chrysanthe- 

 mum season now about over was a 

 good one. He ought to know, being 

 the first to cut and one of the last 

 to stop. Demand on account of influ- 

 enza was unusually heavy and good 

 care and favorable weather did the 

 rest. He expresses grave doubts con- 



cerning the Christmas supply of stock 

 — in fact a shortage seems inevitable. 

 The difficulty of combining flowers 

 and American flags successfully in 

 store decorative schemes has tried 

 the artistic skill of many a florist to 

 the limit. A happy solution for the 

 Christmas time is the large green 

 wreath with a big bunch of hftlly on 

 it, hung under but not touching two 

 flags which may just touch each other 

 or be crossed. Aisles and archways 

 are particularly pleasing when treated 

 in this way. While it does not ad- 

 vertise the use of flowers, it attracts 

 by its appeal to patriotism and the 

 Christmas spirit, and the order for 

 the basket or box of cut flowers 

 should logically follow. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Oscar Ruf of Bergesterman Floral 

 Co. is in the hospital with the influ- 

 enza. 



A. Jablonsky thinks well of the car- 

 nation Christmas Eve as a Holiday 

 variety. 



Influenza ban has put a stop to 

 club meetings which were to have 

 been held this week. 



Charlie Young of C. Young & Sons 

 was confined to his bed all last week. 

 His brother Walter returned to Paris 

 Island on a furlough to attend the 

 funeral of his father, the late James 

 Young. 



Thanksgiving business as reported 

 by the wholesalers was immense. 

 The only flowers which were at all 

 plentiful were yellow chrysanthe- 

 mums. A few complaints were made 

 by customers, as told by some retail- 

 ers, as to the high prices. Many went 

 away thinking they were being held 

 up. 



NEW YORK. 



A card received from J. Austin 

 Shaw reports his arrival at Hollywood, 

 California, after a leisurely trip across 

 the continent, stopping at Toronto, 

 Detroit and Chicago on the way. 



The next meeting of the N. Y. Flor- 

 ists' Club will be held on Monday 

 evening, December 9. Election of 

 officers for the year 1919 will be in 

 order and a heavy attendance of mem- 

 bers is looked tor. 



Westboro, Mass. — Paul F. Brigham, 

 florist, has moved from his former 

 residence on East Main street to the 

 Scott farm, on Belmont street. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



James Heacock of the Joseph Hea- 

 cock Co., is off on a gunning trip in 

 the mountains of Pike County, Penn- 

 sylvania. Carl Corts, the city man- 

 ager of the company, on being asked 

 when Mr. Heacock would return said 

 "no telling, probably not until he 

 gets a b'ar." 



They are showing some well done 

 Spirea Gladstone for the holidays. 

 Nice plants are bringing $1.50, retail. 

 These are cold storage stock from last 

 year which came in too late to be 

 forced for Easter. Seems like a good 

 wrinkle even for ordinary seasons it 

 not overdone. 



"The Belgian capital, putting forth its 

 own colors again, wears a Bmile of spring. 

 — News note. In otber words. Brussels 

 sprouts." — Phila. Record. 



Yes, and one may now order a Ham- 

 burg steak, or a Hungarian goulash, 

 or even a Limburger without danger 

 of attracting the eagle eyes ot the 

 American Protective League. Every- 

 thing is sprouting again after a long 

 season ot cold storage. 



E. J. Fancourt of the S. S. Pennock 

 Co. reports an unusually brisk season 

 in the ribbon and supply department 

 this year. They have been a little be- 

 hind on their orders at times from 

 help shortage but the new hands are 

 now well broken in and things are 

 going along smoothly. Prices are very 

 firm and many items are hard to get 

 at any price. 



W. J. Baker, the oldest commission 

 man in this city, is hale and hearty, 

 and on duty every day. We called, 

 recently and his right hand man. Miss 

 Mary, introduced us to him. He paid 

 no attention to our graceful bow and 

 acknowledgments. And yet we liave 

 seen the day when he took notice. 

 Say twenty-five years ago when we 

 would be on the opposite side in a 

 bowling match, and made a ten strike. 

 "Here, you son of a gun, you were 

 quarter inch over the line. Foul! 

 Foul!" 



The greenhouses of Jlrs, Allburger, 

 next door to the Westcott place on 

 Ridge avenue, were invaded by a 

 couple of deer last week. They broke 

 a lot of glass and did considerable 

 other damage. They are supposed to 

 have wandered from the wilds of 

 Fairmount Park which is nearby. This 

 item is ot interest to Bart Cartledge, 

 Bill Smith, Jim Heacock, John Bur- 

 ton, and other ardent sportsmen. The 

 mountain seems to be coming to Ma- 



