November 1, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



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 Commended Award were griven by the judges in 

 the Trade Exhibition at Minneapolis to Novelties 

 in our Display of Florists' Supplies— the most ex- 

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CHICAGO NOTES. 



I.. Nielsen has opened up a neiv 

 store on Chicago avenue near Califor- 

 nia avenue. 



H. E. Philpott has donated a fine 

 cup to the Cook Co. Florists' Associa- 

 tion to be given to the member mak- 

 ing the highest individual score for 

 the season in bowling. 



Members of the Cook County Flor- 

 ists' Association are wearing a new 

 gold button of a very neat design. It 

 has a hand — enameled pansy in the 

 center in delicate shade of purple and 

 a band of blue enamel with the letter- 

 ing in gold, "Cook County Florists' As- 

 sociation," and the motto "Unity." 



Fleischman Floral Co. are having 

 their fourteenth anniversary sale this 

 week which is announced in a full 

 page ad. in the Chicago Tribune of 

 Oct. 28th. The publicity campaign 

 adopted by this firm together with the 

 high grade of stock they send out 

 shows for itself in the amount of 

 business done. 



Chicago retail florists received a 

 great many orders for the funeral 

 of the late Adolphus Busch of St. 

 Louis. Mo. Geo. Weinhoeber and two 

 assistants from Fleischman's and Wm. 

 Wolf from A. Lange's went down with 

 their orders to see that everything 

 was delivered in good condition. They 

 report the quantity of flowers was the 

 largest ever seen at any funeral In 

 the west and represented every con- 

 ceivable sort of design and emblem. 

 Last year Captain Herman Schuene- 

 mann and his Christmas tree ship, the 

 Rouse Simmons, went down in the No- 

 vember gales on Lake Michigan with 

 all on board and nothing was ever 

 ■heard or found of the captain or crew, 

 as told in Horticultuke at the time. 

 This year the captain's widow is in the 

 woods of northern Michigan superin- 

 tending the getting out of a shipload 

 of Christmas trees and greens for the 

 Chicago market, while her 20-year-old 

 daughter, Elsie, is looking after the 

 business part of the transaction in 

 Chicago. Horticulture sincerely 

 wishes them success in their undertak- 

 ing. 



Visitors — Mr. Fox, Jr., of J. M. Fox 

 & Son. Milwaukee, Wis.; A. Schutz, 

 Hammond, Ind. 



Pittsfield, Mass. — Max Engelmann, 

 who has been with T. L Drake for the 

 last fifteen years, succeeds him. The 

 business will be known as the Drake 

 Greenhouses. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Paterson, N. J. — James Smith, form- 

 erly of Stoutenborough & Smith, has 

 started in business for himselt at 113 

 Market street. 



Weldon, Pa.— J. F. Birmington of 

 Switchville. has purchased the green- 

 houses and stock of the late Ed. D. 

 Drown, and will continue the busi- 

 ness. 



Des Moines, la. — A. hail storm on 

 Oct. 10th, damaged the greenhouses of 

 the J. S. Wilson Floral Company and 

 the Iowa Seed Company to the extent 

 of about $1,000 each. 



Woburn, Mass. — C. B. Johnson, wuu 

 purchased the estate and greenhouses 

 of Arthur Griffin, is making prepara- 

 tions to soon add another house about 

 65x200 ft. Mr. Johnson is watching 

 the behavior of several promising car- 

 nation sports — among them a white 

 Pink Wonder. 



S. E. Spencer, the gladiolus grower, 

 finds Woburn soil ideal for his favor- 

 ite specialty. The bulbs which he is 

 sending out this fall are extra fine. 

 Mrs. Pendleton, L. Merton Gage's mas- 

 terpiece, has been glorious this year. 



Washington, D. C. — The thirteenth 

 annual Government Chrysanthemum 

 show will open under the auspices of 

 the Department of Agriculture on 

 Wednesday morning, October 29, at 9 

 o'clock in the Government gardens. 

 14th and B streets, N. W. The exhi- 

 bition will be open to the public with- 

 out ticket from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. 

 daily, and will continue for about two 

 weeks. 



In addition to the standard varieties 

 and novelties there will be shown 

 some unusual Department seedlings 

 which as yet have not been named. 



North Cambridge, Mass. — John Me- 

 Kenzie, the prosperous plant grower, 

 is greatly taken with Nephrolepis 

 Roosevelt. Its broad fronds and wavy- 

 edged pinnae are extremely handsome 

 and we agree with Mr. McKenzie that 

 it far excels the old Bostoniensis. 

 Seven thousand azaleas arrived this 

 week. If all the Belgian azaleas are 

 as good this year as the Mme. Petricks 

 we saw Mr. McKenzie unpacking, then 

 the buyers have cause to rejoice. 

 Chrysanthemums are being rapidly 

 harvested and their place is snapped 

 up for ardisias. poinsettias and aza- 

 leas without any delay. 



PERSONAL. 



Azel Harvey Gregory and Mary Ella 

 Marcy. proprietor of the Miles City 

 Greenhouses, Miles City, Mont., were 

 married on Oct. 12th. 



Prof. E. K. Thomas, of the Rhode 

 Island State College, Kingston, was 

 married to Miss Alice E. Beale last 

 week at the bride's home in Sandwich, 

 Mass. 



Miss Gertrude A. Norton, eldest 

 daughter of M. H. Norton, ex-presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F., was married on 

 Wednesday evening, October 29th, to 

 Fred W. Carter, at Dorchester, Mass. 



John Dunbar, assistant superintend- 

 ent of Rochester (N. Y.) Parks, while 

 visiting Boston this week was called 

 home by a telegram to the effect that 

 Superintendent C. C. Laney had been 

 taken suddenly ill and removed to a 

 hospital for an operation. 



St. Louis visitors: Sam Seligman, 

 New York; Guy Reyburn, represent- 

 ing A. Henderson & Co., Chicago. 



Philadelphia visitors: Charles A. 

 Dards, New York City; J. H. Pierce, 

 Baltimore, Md.; Mr. Hobbs, of Mann 

 & Brown, Richmond, Va.; Mr. Saltford, 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Mr. Whipple, 

 Jacksonville, Fla.; Prank Johnson, A. 

 L. Randall Co., Chicago, 111.; Antoine 

 Leuthy, Roslindale, Mass.; Walter 

 Mott, Beacon, N. Y.; John Low, repre- 

 senting Peter Henderson & Co., New 

 York City; Miss Semler, Milwaukee, 

 Wis.; Miss Baumgarten of Baumgar- 

 ten Floral Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Germantown, Pa. — The widow and 

 son of the late Robert Kinkaid will 

 contintie his florist business on West 

 Rittenhouse street. 



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