HORTICULTURE 



September 7, 1918 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Dr. Peter H. Lane of Chestnut Hill, 

 well known to the florist fraternity, 

 went to the hospital Wednesday for a 

 serious internal surgical operation. 

 We hope everything will turn out all 

 right but in the meantime, like his 

 hosts of friends, we sit on the anxious 

 bench. 



Mark Mills and Charles Grakelow 

 were nominated for president at the 

 monthly meeting of the Florists' Club, 

 held on the 3rd inst. The election 

 takes place at the next monthly meet- 

 ing, first Tuesday in October. George 

 Craig and Robert Kift were nominated 

 for treasurer and secretary respec- 

 tively. 



Wm. E. Earnshaw, who has been 

 chief accountant at Bristol for the U. 

 S. Shipping Board since last June, has 

 been promoted to assistant controller 

 in the Board with headquarters in 

 Philadelphia. The appointment goes 

 into effect Sept. 17th. Mr. Earnshaw 

 used to be connected with the S. S. 

 Pennock Co. 



Charles Sim and E. J. Dooner have 

 got back from Lake Placid. Samuel 

 S. Pennock is still at Indian Lake hav- 

 ing a nice quiet vacation. He says 

 there is very little hay fever up in the 

 Adirondacks. John Burton and family 

 have returned home after a pleasant 

 week as guests of John W'estcott at 

 Waretown. 



"What we like," says Robert Craig, 

 "is a swift buyer. We had a visitor 

 at Norwood the other day all the way 

 from Boston. He came down from 

 Philadelphia in a taxicab and stayed 

 only five minutes. But in that short 

 time he saw enough of oiir stock of 

 Otaheite oranges to say. send me five 

 hundred dollars worth — right away." 

 Which says something both for Bos- 

 ton acumen and Craig quality. 



A wedding of Interest in this city 

 and in Goldsboro, N. C, was that of 

 Miss Celia Berkowitz, daufrhter of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Paul Berkowitz, of 1741 

 Diamond street, and Mr, Nathan J. 

 Edwards, of Goldsboro, which took 

 place Monday at noon, at the home of 

 the bride's parents, with the Rev. 

 Joseph Krauskoph, of the Keneseth 

 Israel congregation, officiating. She 

 was given in marriage b\ her father 

 and was unattended. 



According to cablegram received 

 recently both Douglas and Jack Earl 

 were in the battle of tlie Ourcq and 

 both are still in fighting trim — for 

 which their parents are duly thankful. 

 Doylestown luck again. And listen to 

 this editorial from the Philadelphia 

 Record: 



"Pennsylvania iias been harder hit in the 

 daily lasualty lists of late than any other 

 State in the T'liion, and this section of the 

 Commonwealth has been well to the fore. 

 Yet, in spite of this, a strange immunity 

 from death or even slight wounds appears 

 to attach to the men of one i:ood-sized town 

 in this vicinity. Doylestown has sent ii 

 little more than its full iiunta of flghting 

 men to the front, and there have been many 

 evidences that Doylestown nun have taken 



part in the lighting, and yet up to date no 

 one from that town has been mentioned in 

 the lists. e.\cept one Schaeffer, whom no 

 one in Doylestown seems to know anything 

 about— and he was only slightly wounded. 

 This same protective spirit seems to have 

 hovered over Doylestown during the Civil 

 war. for the casualties among the men of 

 the Bucks county seat were very low, de- 

 spite their big part in .the lighting." 



May the good angel continue to 

 hover over "Fordhobk" even though 

 ■Kitty Wiggles'' (and others) do lodge 

 nearby. 



CHICAGO. 



Joseph Foerster, trustee in the 

 Wm. Kidwell bankruptcy case, has 

 paid a dividend of 20 per cent, to the 

 creditors as the result of his manage- 

 ment during the six months. 



Victor Young, retail florist at 1239 

 N. Clark street, who -was reported to 

 be having financial difficulties just as 

 he was drafted, has now filed petition 

 In bankruptcy with liabilities at 

 $3,448.37 and no assets. 



Wm. Langhout. who has been the 

 manager of the Then greenhouses and 

 was considered the principal owner 

 since its purchase from Anton Then, 

 some time ago and has continued to 

 be operated under the name of the 

 Then Greenhouses, has been forced 

 into involuntary bankruptcy. The 

 principal item is a claim for $21,700 

 for lily of the valley bulbs, received 

 from Van Zonneveld Bros. & Philippo, 

 Sassenheim, Holland and which he 

 sold to H. N. Bruns, a local grower. 

 Mr. Langhout was brought before 

 Judge Landis to give an account of 

 the whereabouts of the money and his 

 memory failing him was placed under 

 $10,00t) bonds by Judjge Landis, Aug. 

 27th. A sensational trial is expected. 



The Board of Forest Preserve Com- 

 missioners of Cook county, of which 

 Peter Relnberg Is president, has Is- 

 sued a pamphlet showing the location 

 of the eleven preserves, containing 

 12,575 miles, all to be kept in their 

 natural state, as far as possible, and, 

 under proper restrictions, open to the 

 people at all times. These wooded 

 lands form a chain of pleasure 

 grounds, some containing pastures for 

 deer, others timber which has stood 

 since the days of the Indians, others 

 the most picturesque views in the 

 county and all filled with birds, wild 

 flowers and natural springs, which 

 make them ideal spots for families to 

 picnic in. A system of asphalt or con- 

 crete roads has been adopted by the 

 board, which when completed will 

 connect the preserves and form an 

 outer boulevard system unsurpassed 

 by any city. The purchasing of all 

 these tracts, their improvement and 

 maintenance, has meant work, the 

 careful performance of which is a 

 credit to Peter Relnberg, president of 

 the board and one of Chicago's pio- 

 neer florists. 



CINCINNATI. 



Jos. Durban and Ray Ech leave for 

 national army training camps this 

 week. 



Ed. Schwarz, the Norwood florist, 



is convalescing after an operation for 

 appendicitis. 



Jos. Grlmme of R. D. Buttle's, who 

 entered the service a few months ago, 

 is now on his way across. 



BOSTON 



Wm. R. Nicholson is recovering at 

 a private hospital in Framingham from 

 a serious and painful operation. 



E. H. Wilson of the Arnold Arbor- 

 etum is expected to sail from Japan 

 for home early in January, 1919. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, will resume regular monthly 

 meetings, the next meeting being at 

 Horticultural Hall on Tuesday even- 

 ing. September 17. 



Frank Connelly, who has been a 

 faithful employee of Welch Bros. Co. 

 for over twenty-flve years has entered 

 the service and is now located at the 

 navy yard In Charlestown. 



The exhibition of children's home 

 and school garden products last Sat- 

 urday and Sunday was a splendid dis- 

 play of industry and thrift and most 

 creditable to the myriad of young 

 people who contributed. 



Another star has been added to the 

 service flag of R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co.'s this week, Mr. Benjamin H. 

 White, who has been connected with 

 this flrm for many years having been 

 called to the colors and has gone to 

 Syracuse, N. Y. 



Albert C. Burrage of Beverly Farms, 

 Douglas Eccleston, gardener, exhibited 

 at Horticultural Hall. Boston, on 

 August 31 two rare orchids. They 

 were Vanda luzonica, the first speci- 

 men ever shown at the hall, and Cat- 

 tleya fabia, a hybrid of C. labiata and 

 aurea. Each was awarded a silver 

 medal. 



NEW YORK. 



Secretary John Young has returned 

 from his long tour of the West and is 

 looking fine. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 on Monday night, September 9, which 

 win be the opening of the series for 

 1918-19, asters, dahlias, gladioli and 

 early chrysanthemums will be shown 

 in quantity. Exhibits may be sent 

 to H. C. Rledel, 49 W. 28th street, 

 who will see that they are properly 

 staged. Mr. F. R. Newbold and a 

 number of society ladles are expected 

 to be present. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Louis Frank has taken over the 

 Grand Leader floral department. 



Sept. 1 Julius Schaeffer and Edwin 

 Steltz took over the floral depart- 

 ment at Scruggs, Vandervort & Bar- 

 ney's. Julius Schaeffer has been with 

 F. H. Weber and MuUanphy, florists. 



The Publicity Committee held a 

 meeting on the 27th and Important 

 matters as to fall advertising were 

 debated. A very attractive sign with 

 the slogan "Say It With Flowers" has 

 been prepared for the street cars. 



