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HORTICULTURE 



September 14, 1918 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



CHICAGO. 



J. A. Budlong still finds the early 

 chrysanthemums a good thing to have 

 this year, and with the large number 

 of varieties of miniature roses, he has 

 very attractive extremes in size to 

 tempt buyers. 



The War Exposition in Grant Park 

 is calling out the ingenuity of the flor- 

 ists in planning patriotic windows. 

 Many are displaying the national col- 

 ors and Geo. Wienhoeber again has 

 his battle field holding the crowds. 



The American Bulb Co. received a 

 cablegram today from Holland saying 

 a large shipment of bulbs had left 

 for them via Liverpool, England. A 

 smaller lot arrived last week having 

 made good time. The shipments con- 

 tain tulips and hyacinths. 



All commercial growers are receiv- 

 ing questionnaires which when an- 

 swered will give the Department of 

 Commerce of the U. S. 1st the names 

 of all persons or firms growing flowers 

 or vegetables, 2nd location, 3rd total 

 ground under greenhouses, 4th value 

 of product, 5th fuel used showing kinds 

 and quantity and 6th males of draft 

 age employed. 



Kroeschell Bros, are making boil- 

 ers as ever and taking care of the 

 growers who are looking to the needs 

 of their places before the cold weather 

 comes. Now that the fuel question 

 has in a measure been settled for the 

 greenhouse men, the perfect condition 

 of their heating apparatus naturally 

 appeals to them next, and they do not 

 mean to be caught unprepared if an- 

 other extreme winter is coming. 



Mrs. Charles McKellar, whose hand 

 was very seriously hurt in an electric 

 wringer has suffered severely, sixteen 

 stitches having been necessary in 

 dressing the wound. Mrs. McKeller 

 says she does not know how it 

 happened but after using the machine 

 five years in safety her hand was 

 caught and torn before the power 

 could be shut off. Fortunately some 

 one was with her or she might have 

 lost her arm. 



Several of the loop retailers who 

 have had large orders for weddings 

 remark that the war has robbed June 

 of its prestige as a wedding month. 

 Some of the largest orders of the year 

 have come during the summer and the 

 weddings are just as elaborate in all 

 their appointments as formerly. In 

 one respect there is a difference, dates 

 are not placed far ahead and the flor- 

 ists must be able to execute rapidly, 

 often accomplishing in a few hours 



what formerly he had days to pre- 

 pare. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Samuel S. Pennock left the Adiron- 

 daeks for home on the 12th inst. He 

 expects to be on deck at the wheel 

 of the ship on the 16th. 



The management *of the Burpee 

 Seed Farms are just completing the 

 work of installing a canning outfit 

 plant for the canning of tomatoes. 

 The plant is located in one of the 

 buildings on what formerly was the 

 Malone Farm, about two miles west 

 of Doylestown, the building having 

 been altered, concrete floors and new 

 timbers put in to accommodate the ma- 

 chinery. The plant, which has been 

 equipped with the latest modern ma- 

 chinery, will be used to can the by- 

 product (or pulp) of the many acres 

 of tomatoes which are gathered for 

 seed. The pulp formerly was either 

 thrown away or used for fertilizer, 

 and does away with the old system 

 which allowed the pulp to ferment, 

 causing a foul odor at the time of the 

 year when the work was in progress. 



From a cablegram to the Evening 

 Bulletin, Sept. 4th, we quote: 



"Sergeant John H. Earl, Capt. 

 Schlesser and Lieut Balta took an ad- 

 vanced position at the battle of Fis- 

 mette. Earl with a platoon he com- 

 manded prevented the enemy from 

 flanking the American position. He 

 was recommended for an immediate 

 commission. How these men fought 

 the enemy regardless of danger, will 

 prove one of the bright spots in Amer- 

 ican history." 



Sergeant Earl is a son of Howard 

 M. Earl, Doylestown, Pa, and was ed- 

 ucated in the Philadelphia Episcopal 

 Academy — later taking a course at the 

 Culver Military School, Indiana, and 

 two years at the Boston Tech. He is 

 not yet twenty-one. 



Another account published in the 

 Evening Ledger of Sept. 5th states 

 that Sergeant Earl not only led his 

 company to victory but bound up the 

 hurts of the wounded after the en- 

 gagement was over. He was a private 

 when he left here last spring and now 

 he is a commissioned officer. 



Rochester, N. Y.— On Sept. 6th, Miss 

 Harriett Conway, bookkeeper for H. 

 E. Wilson, was united in marriage to 

 Mr. Wm. Ringwood of Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 The bride carried a shower bouquet of 

 bride roses. Her only attendant was 

 Miss Altha Conway, who carried pink 

 chrysanthemum asters. 



NEW YORK. 



George Mustoe, formerly of Lake 

 Mahopac, f^. Y., is now at 330 East 

 154 street, Bronx, Xew York. 



The Macniff Horticultural Co. has 

 reorganized and held the first auction 

 sale of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 

 10. 



The glad information is received 

 that W. J. Manda who was severely 

 wounded at the front is out of the hos- 

 pital, recovered. 



It is announced that the Grand 

 Central Palace has been leased for 

 use as an army surgical reconstruc- 

 tion hospital by the War Department. 

 The annual rental was announced at 

 $395,000 and maintenance of the 

 building, which is to be used by the 

 government for the period of the war 

 and three months thereafter. The 

 structure will be remodeled to accom- 

 modate 3000 patients and is expected 

 to be ready for occupancy by Dec. 1. 



BOSTON. 



Two greenhouses, each 40 x 75, are 

 being erected at North Lexington for 

 experimental work under the super- 

 vision of Prof. H. F. Tompson of 

 Amherst Agricultural Cqllege. The 

 material was supplied by the Stearns 

 Lumber Co. 



Henry M. Robinson, Jr., son of H. 

 M. Robinson the well known florist, 

 who has been in the naval serviee for 

 over a year, is now editor-in-chief of 

 "The Trigger," a paper published 

 semi-monthly by the boys at the Rum- 

 ford rifle range at Rumford, R. I. It 

 certainly reflects much credit on the 

 young man who gained his newspaper 

 experience in the office of HoRTictJL- 



TUHE. 



ST. LOUIS. 



John Benson is home on a furlough 

 from Camp Pike. 



A meeting of the county growers 

 took place Wednesday, Sept. 4. 



The coming draft will hit our whole- 

 salers and many of our retailers. 



Adolph Brix has purchased the 

 stock and fixtures of Max Rutter, 

 many years in the retail business. 

 For the present Mr. Brix will run both 

 stores in connection with the one on 

 St. Louis avenue. 



A telegram received by C. W. Wors 

 reports his son, Arthur Henry, as hav- 

 ing received a gun shot wound in the 

 thigh and wrist. He was with the 116th 

 Canadian Battalion. His father has 

 two other sons in the American army 

 and navy. 



