October 4, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



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 the Trade Exhibition at Minneapolis to Novelties 

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CHICAGO NOTES. 



E. Kalish, of Kalish Bros., St. Louis, 

 Mo., was called home by the death of 

 his cousin. 



The fall sales of pot plants, mostly 

 Boston ferns, have begun at the de- 

 partment stores. No doubt they help 

 to increase the popularity of plants 

 but the prices would work havoc with 

 the business of a regular florist. 



Robt. S. Edgar, of Waverly, Mass., 

 who has taken a position as foreman 

 for P. Oechslin at 4911 W. Quincy 

 street, is now getting his family nicely 

 settled at 4910 W. Jackson Blvd. Mr. 

 Edgar is the son of the late W. W. 

 Edgar, of Boston, and has grown up 

 in the business, having had experience 

 both in England and this country. One 

 thing is certain, he will not learn any- 

 thing wrong in plant growing at Mr. 

 Oeschlin's, so they both are to be 

 congratulated on the opportunity of 

 working together. 



Chicago had a record week with the 

 opening of four new flower stores. 

 The Venetian Flower Shop, in the Ve- 

 netian Bldg., has been rented by Peter 

 Sgoros, who has been in the same 

 business in other parts of the city. 

 Dinger & Black are opening a new 

 store at 211 E. 55th street, or Gar- 

 field Blvd.. a fine south side location. 

 Fred Dinger has been with Wm. J. 

 Smyth for several years. Roy Berg, 

 who has been with The Globe Green- 

 houses six years, starts for himself at 

 5729 Chicago Ave., and Peter Terres. 

 who recently sold his place, known as 

 Columbia Florist, to Albert Cde, has 

 now opened another store at 3984 Cot- 

 tage Grove Ave. 



Visitors. — T. Heaven, Benton Har- 

 bor, Mich.; E. Kalish, St. Louis, Mo.; 

 Wm. Dykes, of Ed. Jensen's. New 

 York; W. E. F. Weber, Sault Ste. 

 Marie, Mich. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Charles Scarborough, formerly with 

 Gude Bros., but who has been spend- 

 ing the summer with his parents at 

 Morrisville, Pa., is reported as having 

 entered the employ of H. H. Battles, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



T. E. Miller, accompanied by his 

 wife and son, has returned from an 

 extended trip through Europe. Theo- 

 dore Diedrich has returned from a 

 visit to Germany. Among the other 

 returning European travelers are 



Adolphus Gude and Fred H. Kramer, 

 who leave England for home this week. 



In addition to opening a new siore 

 at 3211 Mt. Pleasant street, N. W., the 

 main store of J. A. Philipps, at Four- 

 teenth and Harvard streets, N. W., is 

 undergoing considerable improvement. 

 The floor has been covered with tiling, 

 a sanitary material similar to concrete, 

 a new ice box is being built and a bal- 

 cony is to be run around the store 

 occupying all but the window space. 



Mr. Mulford, of the Department of 

 Agriculture, is at present busily en- 

 gaged in the preparation of plans tor 

 the proposed rose .garden at the Arling- 

 ton farms, operated by the Department. 

 In company with Robert A. Pyle and 

 W. F. Gude, he last week inspected the 

 site. Messrs. Gude and Pyle are espe- 

 cially enthusiastic over the project 

 which for a number of years has been 

 recommended by the S. A. F. and O. H. 

 at its national conventions. While a 

 start is to be made on a two-acre plat, 

 it is believed that this will be materi- 

 ally increased as the garden grows In 

 size and popularity. Upon the com- 

 pletion of the plans, Mr. Mulford will 

 submit them to the several committees 

 appointed by the American Rose Soci- 

 ety and the S. A. P. and 0. H. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



James Tasker, late with Dreer at 

 Riverton, succeeds Maurice Puld in 

 the Michel] establishment. Mr. Tasker 

 is an expert plantsman and will divide 

 his time between the store and the 

 Michell nursery at Andalusia. 



The Dreer Fall Exhibition of dahlias, 

 hardy perennials, and greenhouse 

 plants, is announced for Oct. 4th to 

 11th, at Riverton and Riverview. Ev- 

 erybody cordially invited on any or 

 all of these days. The show will be 

 unique of its kind and well worth go- 

 ing a long way to see. 



The Leo Niessen Co. opened their 

 Baltimore branch house, Sept. 30th, at 

 5 and 7 Center street. The location is 

 central and the ■ quarters ample. W. 

 E. McKissick, an able and experienced 

 man in the wholesale cut flower world, 

 is manager. With two new factors in 

 the situation, we look for "ginger" in 

 the southern metropolis from now on. 

 At all events, the Baltimoreans may 

 rest assured of better service than 

 they have ever had before. 



A magnificent display of dahlias 

 was put up by Gimbel's, one of the 

 leading department stores, on Sept. 30, 

 and attracted great crowds. Philip 

 Frend, of Michell's. was in charge and 

 surpassed himself in effective staging 

 and genre. Some two hundred and 

 fifty varieties were shown and plenty 

 of space was given in the main arcade. 

 The dahlia is certainly getting boosted 

 here this fall. First it was Wana- 

 maker's, then the P. H. S., then 

 Michell's, now Gimbel's, and next 

 week it will be Dreer's. That's going: 

 some for an old turnip of a flower 

 like the dahlia. 



Visitors: John D. Hopper, Rich- 

 mond, Va.; R. W. B. Evans and wife, 

 Wilkesbarre, Pa.; J. J. Puchs, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa.; B. F. Gane, Williamsport 

 Floral Co.; John Beck, Milton, Pa.; 

 P. Joseph Lynch, Heller Bros. Co., 

 New Castle, Indiana. 



New York. — Opportunities come once 

 in a lifetime like that at McNiff's auc- 

 tion rooms on Tuesday last. A magni- 

 ficent lot of tall kentias were put up- 

 and the few buyers who attended 

 bought at their own prices. Kentias 

 fifteen feet high, made-up plants in 

 tubs, in splendid condition went to- 

 G. M. Stumpp and J. H. Troy for $40.00 

 and $45.00. Many valued them at from 

 $125.00 to $150.00. Plants ranging 

 from the above down to 6-ft. speci- 

 mens, both sin.gle and made-up speci- 

 mens, were sold at from $12.00 to $6.00, 

 all in fine condition. J. I. D. 



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