August 14, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



221 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 News of the Week. 



The picnic of the Florists' Club is 

 reported as being a success financially 

 to the extent of $G0. 



Phil. Foley, chairman of the trans- 

 portation committee, says from the an- 

 swers to the cards sent out it would 

 be easier to say who are not going to 

 the convention than who are going. 



The latest prizes reported by Ed. 

 Wintersou, chairman of the sports com- 

 mittee, are a silver cup valued at $25 

 by W. W. Barnard Co. of Chicago, $10 

 by H. A. Bunyard of New York, and 

 several prizes by Wietor Bros. 



Following ihe example of the Trib- 

 une's Garden Contest last year, the 

 South End Woman's Club has inaugu- 

 rated a contest open to the residents 

 of South Chicago. The contests will be 

 decided in September and prizes will 

 be donated by Alderman and Mrs. J. 

 Jones, Mrs. Wm. Gillies, Mrs. Ed. L. 

 Bishop, Mrs. J. C. Vaughan and Con- 

 gressman .Tames R. Mann. 



Chicago has a plan on toot for utiliz- 

 ing 30 acres of land just outside the 

 limits on the southwest and known as 

 the Gage Farm, as a nursery for grow- 

 ing trees to be used in the city streets 

 and parks. The Gage Farm belongs to 

 the city and if this plan is carried out 

 it would be put in the hands of the 

 City Forestry Association. The place 

 is a very valuable one and at present 

 is rented for only a fraction of the 

 yearly taxes. 



The City Gardeners' Association held 

 their meeting, Saturday, August Sth, in 

 the partly completed bungalow which 

 is being erected for their use on a 

 tract of land east of Marshall Boule- 

 vard and south of the Bridewell bridge. 

 About 75 gathered to get advice from 

 Mrs. Laura D. Pelham, president of the 

 Association. The land comprises 160 

 acres, the use of which was donated by 

 the McCormick Reaper Co. It is divid- 

 ed into small farms. 160x50 ft. in size, 

 which are rented at $1.50 for the sea- 

 son. All plots have been rented and 

 most are flourishing. 



Personal. 



Miss Nelda Wolf of Budlong's, is 

 visiting Denver and other Colorado 

 points. 



John Zeck will leave for Cincinnati 

 on the 18th in time for the bowling 

 contest. 



The Misses Schiller of "Schiller the 

 Florist," ha\e returned from an out- 

 ing in Michigan. 



Joe Curran has severed his connec- 

 tion with the Leopold Koropp Co. on 

 Evanston avenue. 



Miss Hertha Tonner has returned 

 from a lake trip, which included stop- 

 overs at several Wisconsin cities. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. Simpson are on an 

 eastern trip. They will spend some 

 time near Lake Champlain. at Mr. 

 Simpson's boyhood home. 



Visitors: 'Billy" Graff, of Colum- 

 bus, Ohio; Mr. Powell, Goshen. Ind.; 

 C. C. Wonnemaii, Mexico, Mo.; H. E. 

 Philpott, Winnipeg, Man., Can. 



Misa E. M. Schneider of the E. M. 

 Schneider Co., has been to Seattle, 

 Wash., and registered for three land 

 openings. Chicago women are not 

 lacking in enterprise! 



Wm. J. Smyth is still unable to 



leave the hospital where he has spent 

 most of the summer, owing to a la- 

 mentable automobile accident recorded 

 at the time in HORTICULTURE. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



Messrs. Smith, Angermuller, Schoenle 

 and Borg were on a day's fishing trip 

 last week with good results. 



Oscar Hurttemann, manager for The 

 Tower Floral Co., has returned from 

 his vacation, which he spent up north. 



The Bentzen Floral Co. are this week 

 moving into their new store, built espe- 

 cially for them at Grand and Herbert 

 streets. 



Miss M. S. Newman, together with 

 Miss Armstrong, is enjoying the cool 

 breezes at Green Mountain, Colo. They 

 are expected home September 1. 



Shaw's Garden has quite an attrac- 

 tion this week — a very large fruiting 

 tree of the Screw Pine of the Pacific 

 Islands. The mention of it in the daily 

 papers brought out a good attendance. 



John B. Barnard has resigned his 

 position with the W. C. Smith Whole- 

 sale Floral Co., and started with his 

 wife for Denver, Colo., August 9th. Tho 

 change of climate was tor the benefit 

 of Mrs. Barnard's health. 



John L. Duffy, for many years chief 

 engineer of the park department, has 

 resigned his position. Mr. DuSy has 

 accepted a position as chief engineer 

 for the Board of Education. IV^r. Duffy 

 has a host of friends among the local 

 florists. 



INDIANAPOLIS PERSONALS. 



Carl Sounenschmidt sails this week 

 for a three months' trip abroad. 



Walter Bertermann is spending his 

 annual vacation at Atlantic City. 



Homer Wiegand has left on a three 

 weeks' auto trip through Indiana and 

 Ohio. 



Adolph Baur, of Baur & Smith, left 

 with his family for the northern lakes 

 for six weeks. 



Anthony Wiegand and wife will sail 

 for home Sept. 15 after three and one- 

 half months' travel abroad. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Medicine Hat, Can. — The greenhouse 

 property of the Rosery Flower & S«ed 

 Co., at the southwest corner of City 

 park, has been placed in the hands of 

 a receiver. 



Meriden, Conn. — The Blatchley Co. 

 are planning extensive changes and 

 improvements in their store and nur- 

 series. 



Wheaton, III.— On the night of July 

 28 one of the buildings at E. T. 

 Wauzer's place was burned, and but 

 for the heroic work of the men and 

 their ingenuity in using the equipment 

 on the grounds all the buildings would 

 have been destroyed. Mr. Wanzer 

 was with his family at Pentwater, 

 Mich. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — The horticultural 

 commissioners are preparing to enter 

 suits against several property owners 

 for the collection of bills incurred in 

 fumigating trees and shrubs to de- 

 stroy scale pests." The law provides 

 that the property on which such work 

 is done shall become security for the 

 cost of fumigation. 



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Denver, Colo.— Park Floral Co., 1706 

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Washington D. C— Gnde Bros., 1214 F St. 



Chicago — Hauswlrtb, "The Florist," 239 

 Michigan Ave. 



Chicago— William J. Smith, Mlcbtgaii 

 Ave. and Slst St. 



Chicago— George Wtttbold Co., 1657-59 

 Buckingham Place. 



Louisville, Ky. — Jacob Schniz, B50 Sonth 

 Fourth Ave. 



Boston— Th OS. F. Galvln, 124 Tremont St. 



Boston — Edward MacMulkln, 194 Boyl- 

 ston St. 



Boston — Hoffman, Florist, 59-61 Massa- 

 chusetts Ave. 



Boston — J. Newman & Sons, Inc., 24 Tre- 

 mont St. 



Boston — Jnllus A. Zlnn, 2 Beacon St. 



Wellesley, Mass.— Tallby. 



Detroit, Mich. — J. Breltmeyer's Sona, 

 Miami and Gratiot Ares. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, lOTl 

 Broadway. 



Kansas City, Mo.— Wm. L. Rock Flovrer 

 Co., 1116 Walnut St. 



Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl 

 St. 



Albany, N. Y.— F. A. Danker, 40 Maiden 

 Lane. 



Nsvv York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139- 

 2141 Broadway. 



New York — Alex. McConnell. 571 Sth Ave. 



New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28tli 

 St. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Bull- 

 ion St. and Greene Ave. 



Buffalo. N. Y.— Palmer's, 804 Main St. 



Montreal, Can. — P. McKenna & Son, St. 

 Catherine and Gay Sts. 



Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dnnlop, 96 Yonge St. 



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