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horticulture: 



September 17. 1910 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Paul Richter of Michell's is on a 

 well-earned vacation. 



Maurice Fuld of Micbell's in addition 

 to catalogue and mail order work as 

 noted last week, will have a leading 

 part in the testing grounds at Andalu- 

 sia and also in the advertising depart- 

 ment. 



The Michcll gardens at Andalusia 

 are now in full bloom, and well worth 

 a visit. Perennials will be one of the 

 leading features in the near future. 

 One hundred new frames for propa- 

 gating purposes are being put in. 



Samuel S. Pennock was heard from 

 on the 12th inst. as still sojourning 

 in the "blue nose" regions. At latest 

 he was at Digby, N. S. No hayfever up 

 there-— the bane of Delaware's green 

 banks from August 25 to September 

 25 each year. 



Joseph Pennypacker of Phoenixville 

 is remodelling his greenhouse plant, 

 and among other things has just in- 

 stalled new boilers of the latest Lord 

 & Burnham type. Your correspondent's 

 everlasting "why" was answered by D. 

 T. Connor in this wise: "Well, you 

 see, he wanted to be entirely safe!" 

 The monumental conceit of D. T. ! 



The wholesale commission business 

 of W. E. McKissick & Bros, has been 

 dissolved under date of September 8th 

 by mutual consent of the three part- 

 ners concerned. The final wind-up is 

 under way — in collecting and settling 

 accounts — and the stock and fixtures 

 are for sale. It is understood that the 

 senior partner will establish with new 

 conditions in the near future, and with 

 the many friends he has, and the high 

 standing he maintained during the past 

 ten years, we feel sure of his continued 

 prosperity — and assured of the benefit 

 of his keen, healthy and honest mind — 

 exerted for his own and the general 

 welfare in the flower business. We 

 cannot have too many men like McKis- 

 sick and cannot afford to lose Wm. E. 



On the 10th inst., the partnership 

 heietofori' existing between .John 

 Westcott and his brother William H. 

 Westcott was dissolved by mutual con- 

 sent. The business will be continued 

 at the old stand. Ridge and Lehigh 

 avenue, by the senior partner, John 

 Westcott, and his son, William, under 

 the old title of "Westcott's Laurel Hill 

 Nurseries." This concern does a good 

 local business in plants and cut flow- 

 ers, and intends to extend its opera- 

 tions largely in the near future. The 

 elder Westcott is well-known in florist 

 trade circles, and his son gives promise 

 of being an able "come-on." The 

 grandson, Jack (aged 5), is at present 

 more interested in toy battleships, and 

 minnows than anything else. He has 

 inherited one trait of his grandfather 

 very strongly, howtver — he fills bis ul- 

 ster with minnows out of the creek — <>. 

 sure sign that the Waretown Rod an J 

 Gun Club will last forever! 



Visitors were entertained by M. Rice 

 & Co., this week as follows: J. S. 

 Simmons, Toronto, Ontario; Wm. 

 Thurston, Paterson, N. J.; Prank F. 

 Farney, their western representative. 



Visitors: Mr. Radclyffe of Ratclyff; 

 i.; T.inner. Richmond, Va. ; P. J. Lynch, 

 of Heller Bros. Co., Richmond, Ind.; 

 M. Henry Lynch ot Dingee & Conard 

 Co., West Grove, Pa.; Henry W. 

 Bruns and his son. Frank Bruns, 



AN EFFECTIVE FLORAL PIECE. 



The accompanying picture shows a 

 large standing cross and wreath, the 

 work of the Fleischman Floral Co., 

 Chicago. The massive effect secured 

 by the use of galax leaves and the 



lightness and grace resulting from the 

 use of contrasting flower clusters and 

 garlands will be noted. The asters 

 shown in the wreath were lavender, 

 these being the only colored flowers 

 used. 



Chicago seedsmen: Samuel P. Lyttle, 

 representing the Leonard Seed Co., 

 Chicago; J. S. Simmons, wife and 

 son, Toronto, Ont ; J. Hadley, West 

 Grove. Pa., S. B. Dicks, Cooper, Taber 

 & Co., London, Lng'and. 



ST. LOUIS PERSONAL AND TRADE 

 NOTES. 



Alex Siegel and Ed. Kalisk have 

 returned from their summer trips. 



The Retail Florists' Association met 

 on Monday night, Se))t. 12. They had 

 some very important matters to trans- 

 act. 



The Easton Floral Co. and The 

 Grand Ave. Florist have closed their 

 doors. The summer got the best of 

 them. 



Arnold Ringier, representing W. W. 

 Barnard Co., Chicago, called last week 

 on the trade and was well repaid for 

 his visit. 



The contract to furnish 20,000 tulips 

 to the City Park Department was let 



to C. Young & Sons Co. This firm 

 has issued a handsome fall catalogue. 



Henry Ostertag spent the past week 

 in the big eastern cities buying decor- 

 ative plants. This firm has a number 

 of large decorations to furnish this 

 fall. 



The Ladies' Home Circle have their 

 outing Thursday of this 'week at Po- 

 mona Park. Miss Steidle. its presi- 

 dent, has been sick the past week, but 

 is reported well enough to attend this 

 meeting. 



The Horticultural Society's execu- 

 tive board held its regular monthly 

 meeting this week, Tuesday afternoon, 

 to talk over show matters. Their fall 

 show is expected to be the largest and 

 best ever. 



.John H. Taylor, of Bayside, N. Y., 

 who is now traveling in Europe, 

 writes that he would advise rose 

 growers to make a careful try of Etoile 

 de France, both for summer and 

 winter blooming. It impresses him as 

 a grand flower and very free producer. 



