August 16, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



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Wholesale and Retail Florists 



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CHICAGO NOTES. 



Asters and gladiolus are getting 

 more plentiful and of better quality. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. are en- 

 larging and improving their office, also 

 adding to their store facilities. 



The recent rains will be a great help 

 to the field-grown carnations that are 

 still out, putting the soil in fine con- 

 dition for transplanting. 



and did not cost much either ol time 

 or money. 



Chicago visitors: J. C. Steinhauser, 

 Pittsburgh, Kans.; H. R. Marquardt, 

 of E. Walke Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; J. 

 Muller, representing Julius Roehrs Co., 

 Rutherford. X. J.; J. W. Davis, Daven- 

 port. Iowa; Frank Farney, represent- 

 ing M. Rice Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.; T. 

 J. Kirschner, Cleveland, 0.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. R. C. Kerr, Houston. Tex.; Mr. 

 Snyder of the El Paso Carnation Co., 

 El Paso, 111. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Yonkers, N. Y. — The palm house at 

 "Greystone," the Untermyer estate, 

 was unroofed in the severe storm last 

 Sunday afternoon and about one hun- 

 dred trees were uprooted. 



The heavy dashing rains of Thurs- 

 day night and Sunday damaged the 

 outdoor flowers for the time being, but 

 will be a great benefit in the long run. 



E. Toepel, secretary of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club and head bookkeeper for 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co at Morton Grove, 

 expects to go to Washington about 

 September 1st to engage in farming. 

 He will be missed by the club, but his 

 many friends wish him success in his 

 new enterprise. 



CINCINNATI PERSONALS. 



.1. T. Conger, the Hartwell florist, 

 has returned from Wichita, Kan. 



Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Fries of Ft. 

 Thomas have returned from their trip 

 through the west. 



The handsomest all-green window in 

 the down-town district this summer is 

 to be found in Geo. Perdikas' store on 

 S. Wabash avenue. A mound of green 

 occupies the center and large palms 

 and ferns fill the corners in irregular 

 arrangement. As a filler an arrange- 

 ment of loose gray stones gives relief 

 in color and a cool, out-of-door effect. 

 The window attracted much attention 



The only local florists who have 

 signified their intention of attending 

 the convention are C. E. Critchell and 

 J. A. Peterson accompanied by their 

 respective wives. Mr. Peterson will 

 also have his daughter in the party. 

 Chas. Baum. Knoxville, Tenn., will 

 join the party in this city. 



Visitors: Martin Reukauf, represent- 

 ing H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadel- 

 phia; Sam Seligman, New York, and 

 E. Hyatt of Stuart & Haugh, Ander- 

 son, Ind. 



Northampton, Mass. — Last Friday, 

 Jonathan Edwards' grand old elm 

 tumbled to the earth from which It 

 sprang nearly 200 years ago; dead 

 from old age. Planted in front of his 

 home by the noted Presbyterian di- 

 vine in about 1726 — the exact date is 

 in dispute — the giant landmark proud- 

 ly withstood the blasts that swept 

 down the Connecticut valley while 

 generation after generation passed 

 away, and when it finally dropped, 

 there was scarcely a breath of air 

 stirring. Nor was its going unosten- 

 tatious, for it tore down trolley, tele- 

 graph and telephone wires and sound- 

 ed the fire alarm. On the pavement 

 the trunk was broken into bits of 

 souvenir size. 



Twelve years ago, when it was 

 feared that the elm would fall, the 

 larger branches were cut off, and the 

 hollow of the tree was filled with 25 

 barrels of cement in order to preserve 

 as long as possible one of the most 

 historic trees in the State. 



A cablegram received from W. A. 

 Manda, dated at Ghent, Belgium, 

 states that he has won over twenty 

 prizes at the big exhibition there. 



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