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HOETICULTURE 



October IS, 1913 



Of Interest to Retail 

 Florists 



A PHILADELPHIA OPENING. 



Charles Henry Fox had an opening 

 at his new store the "Sign ot the 

 Rose," In Philadelphia, on Monday 

 evening, October 13. Fully 100 repre- 

 sentatives ot the trade, growers, com- 

 mission dealers and retailers were 

 present and enjoyed the hospital- 

 ity which was bountifully handed 

 out. The establishment is very hand- 

 some. In the rear of the spacious 

 store is an up-to-date conservatory 

 filled with plants,. Also a cold stor- 

 age room, workroom, room for the 

 reception and caring for stock, and 

 a spacious garage where plants, etc., 

 may be loaded on autos and unloaded 

 under cover, the latter opening out on 

 to a back street. The establishment 

 throughout is a credit to Mr. Fox 

 and to the Philadelphia florist trade. 

 After inspection lunch was served, 

 many prominent men in the florist 

 trade being seated at the tables. Mu- 

 sic and speeches followed, the keynote 

 being good wishes and compliments for 

 the Sign of the Rose and its enterpris- 

 ing proprietor. 



PERSONAL. 



R. Vincent, Jr., White Marsh, Md.. 

 made a hurried visit to New York, 

 Thursday, Oct. 9, returning the same 

 day. 



J. Harrison Dick, formerly editor of 

 The Journal of Horticulture, London, 

 has arrived in New York, where, we 

 understand, he is to take a similar po- 

 sition with one of our contemporaries. 



Chas. McCrea and Chas. Murphy are 

 the two Cincinnati florists who are 

 running for office this tall. The former 

 is a candidate for the office of commis- 

 sioner of the city of Newport, while 

 the latter is running for township 

 treasurer of Delhi Township. 



David Blsset, son of Peter Bisset, 

 of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, was run down by an auto- 

 mobile last week, sustaining a com- 

 pound fracture of the left leg which 

 necessitated his removal to the Emer- 

 gency Hospital. Mr. Bisset, who is 

 but about 22 years of age, is an em- 

 ployee of the plant bureau of the De- 

 partment. 



Cincinnati visitors — Joe Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind., and L. H. Thomas, Troy, 

 Ohio. 



Philadelphia visitors — Arthur and 

 J. D. Cockcroft. Northport, N. Y.; John 

 Paul, Cumberland, Md.; W. C. Lang- 

 bridge, Cambridge, N. Y.; W. A.; 

 Sutherland ot Leonard Seed Co., Chi- 

 cago. 111.; R. T. Brown, Queens. N. 

 v.; C. L. Roberts and son, Anacostia, 

 D. C. 



Boston visitors — Julius Roehrs, 

 Rutherford, N. J.; C. H. Totty and M. 

 C. Ebel, Madison, N. J.; L. J. Renter, 

 Westerly, R. I.; H. Huebner, Groton, 

 Mass.; A. L. Dorward, Newport, R. I.; 

 P. R. S. Balfour, London, England. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Frank Oechslin's first carload of 

 azaleas from Belgium arrived this 

 week. The plants are fine and came 

 in excellent condition. 



Paul Blome. North Side florist, has 

 returned from an extended trip to 

 California. He will also spend a por- 

 tion of the winter in that state. His 

 friends are pleased to learn that he 

 has regained his health. 



An important real estate transfer 

 was prominently mentioned in the 

 Sunday Record-Herald of October 12. 

 The property of the Foley Manufactur- 

 ing Company was acquired by Arthur 

 Gourley, a member of the company, 

 for $146,250, subject to an incum 

 brance of $55,000. A new organization 

 of the company is expected in the near 

 future. 



The opening of new retail stores 

 still continues and this week adds two 

 more. The Rienzi Flower Shop, with 

 G. C. Steffins. proprietor, is on Evans- 

 ton avenue (now Broadway), corner 

 Diversey Parkway. W. A. Littlewood, 

 362 North Park avenue. River Forest, 

 being in a neighborhood where stores 

 are excluded, has built a small green 

 house and will engage in the florists' 

 business. 



The renaming of many of Chicago's 

 streets, which has just gone into ef- 

 fect, changes the addresses of several 

 florists. Evanston avenue becomes 

 Broadway, Fortieth avenue is now 

 Crawford street, etc. The greatest 

 number of changes are in the num- 

 bered "avenues," which run north and 

 south, and have been so easily con- 

 fused with the east and west num- 

 bered "streets." The changes from 

 n\imbers to names will greatly aid the 

 unacquainted as well as be a help in 

 the prompt delivery of mail, which, by 

 a slight mistake in the address — as 

 avenue for street — or omitting the 

 "north" or "south" has sent mail miles 

 from its destination and caused much 

 delay. 



Visitors: J. M. Hoffman, La Porte, 

 Ind.; Paul Palos, Little Rock. Ark.; 

 Mrs. M. Irby, Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs, 

 J. W, Turberville, Memphis, Tenn.; V 

 A. Cowgill, Salem, Ohio. 



The new store of Wm. L. Trumpori-, 

 at Stapleton, Staten Island, is already 

 an assured success. Mr. Trumpore 

 was for many years with J. H. Small 

 & Sons, New York. 



NEWS NOTES. 



South Lyon, Mich.— Walter E. Hast- 

 ings succeeds George Lunn in the flor- 

 ist trade. 



New Britain, Ct.— R. B. Viets has 

 purchased the greenhouse business of 

 Mrs. Elizabeth K. Eggert. 



Joseph Kelley, for many years at the 

 head of the landscape department of 

 R. Wallace & Co., Colchester, Eng., and 

 who recently made a short visit to this 

 country, has started in business in Col- 

 chester as a landscape gardener and 

 garden expert, on his own behalf. 



A CORDIAL INVITATION 



Is extended to tbe trade to visit and 

 inspect iiir new osr;ib]ishiiiont. Fifth 

 Avenue at 46tli Stro.'t, New York City. 



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