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April 27, 1918 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



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CHICAGO. 

 Eurly peonies iu soullierii Illinois 

 are reported as nipped 1>> the frost. 

 The growers are very busy luirryinB 

 on their bedding stock, of which some 

 kinds are said to be in rather short 

 supply. 



The trade was shocked at the news 

 of the sudden death of the widow of 

 the late John Poehlmann on April 23rd. 

 Further notice will be found in the 

 obituary columns. 



According to their usual custom one 

 of the department stores sold three 

 hundred thousand twoyear-old Catalpa 

 trees for Arbor Day at one c«nt each. 

 A circular telling how to plant and 

 care for the tree was given to each 

 customer. 



The war loan is not reported as mov- 

 ing as fast as it should be or as was 

 expected. If the florists do not come 

 forward and meet their responsibilities 

 in this way the result will be a tax, 

 regarding which there will be no ques- 

 tion as to payment and no interest re- 

 ceived. 



A call at the factory of the Foley 

 Greenhouse Manufacturing Co. showed 

 the wheels moving round, though the 

 plant was not running to full capacity. 

 James Foley, who is general ofBce 

 manager as well as secretary, is recov- 

 ering from a severe back strain result- 

 ing from a tussel with a ■Henry." 



Miss Edna Frauenfelder, west side 

 florist, is back again after a severe ill- 

 ness. Mr. Frauenfelder says the abol- 

 ishing of Sunday funerals adds to his 

 Sunday work rather than diminishes 

 it, for he must be in the store all day 

 getting out work for Monday funerals, 

 more people placing orders on Sunday 

 than would have on Saturday. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club will be held at 

 the Bismarck hotel on Thursday even- 

 ing, May 9th. All local retail florists 

 are invited to make known their pet 

 theories tor promoting the popularity 

 of Mothers" Day and thereby increas- 

 ing cut flower sales for that day. Also 

 how to make a greater firtancial suc- 

 cess of Memorial Day, which seems to 

 have drifted into a combination of bed- 

 ding plants and base ball. 



A. L. Vaughan considers the whole- 

 sale market as fair for April and not 

 differing widely from other years. 

 Quantities of jonquils are coming from 

 the south, fifty or sixty thousand each 

 day, and sell for six and eight cents 

 per bunch of twenty-five, though more 

 often selling by the box. There is no 

 investment in this for the shipper, only 

 labor to be considered. The lilacs from 

 southern Illinois were not so many as 

 usual this spring but were fine and 

 sold well. 



The Chicago Feed and Fertilizer 

 Co., U. S. Yards. Chicago, are sending 



out a very nicely urrunned folder, boar 

 Ing the heading, "Why you should 

 plant a home garden." It goes into the 

 neiessltv for feeding the soil: a de- 

 scription of the Magic Brand Ferti- 

 lizers; how to prepare the jjardcn plot; 

 importance of good .seeds, etc. A sow- 

 ing and planting table gives valuable 

 advice to the gardener and the whole 

 is done in the patriotic red. white and 

 blue, with L'ncle Sam Induslriously 

 spading a garden on the cover. This 

 will be mailed for the asking. 



WASHINGTON. 

 Sergt. Ben C'arrick, formerly em- 

 ployed by Gude Bros., was in town last 

 week bidding good-bye to family and 

 friends preparatory to going across to 

 take a shot at the Kaiser's cohorts. 

 During his stay at Camp Gordon, Ga., 

 he rose from private, second class, to 

 his present rank. He Is connected 

 witli the 325th Infantry. 



Goldenberg's department store has 

 been selling large quantities of flowers 

 of late at the usual cut-price depart- 

 ment store rates. It is understood 

 that one week they disposed of some- 

 thing like 8,000 carnations at 39 cents 

 per dozen and during another week 

 5,000 roses at 59 cents a dozen. The 

 only competition, however, is probably 

 that felt by the street men. 



The War Trade Board announces 

 that the list of comraodies which 

 will be considered tor exportation to 

 Sweden and Holland as originally 

 made public on February 20, has been 

 revised and augmented. It states that 

 \mtil further notice applications for 

 licenses to export flower seeds, ex- 

 cept seeds of oil-bearing plants, and 

 shrubs to Sweden and European Hol- 

 land will be given consideration by 

 the Bureau of Exports, Washington, D. 

 C, if the necessary import permit has 

 been obtained from the country of 

 destination and the proper supplement- 

 al information form filed with the ap- 

 plication. 



A big Liberty Loan Drive is in prog- 

 ress among the florists and a meeting 

 of the Washington Florists' Club has 

 been called to take action on the cam- 

 paign. In this connection the follow- 

 ing letter was addressed to a list of 

 its members, urging them to get busy. 



.\ l.iliiTly I, (inn Coinmittee hns been np- 

 niiliilr..! Ill ri'pri'sclit the FI.< I'HST.S of 



w.^siii.NC'roN 111 till' kk; DitiVK to put 



tlic Histrii't iif Ciilninliiii's cniit'-itinlion 

 •Over thi' Top." YOt' AUE A MKMBEK. 

 It Is asked of you that you see as many 

 florists as voii can anil report to tlie secre- 

 tary not later than April 30, by letter, nil- 

 vising hlin of the names of those whom 

 you have seen and the number and denom- 

 ination of the bonds each pledges himself 

 to buv. We do not eare where the bonds 

 are liouKht- all we want is that every re- 

 tnilei- every wliolesaler. every grower, and 

 all of the "employees of each of these DO 

 Ills BIT. 



The members of the committee are: 

 William F. Gude, chairman; Z. D. 

 Blackistone, Harry B. Lewis, Milton 

 Thomas, 0. A. C. Oehmler. M. J. Mc- 

 Cabe, Theodore Diedrich, Henry Witt, 

 William Marche. G. E. Anderson. R. L. 

 Jenkins and John Gutman. 



UObTuN. 

 Wednesday, April 24, was I'rof 

 Charles S. Sargent's seventy-sixth 

 birthday anniversary. 



By the will of William H, Ames of 

 North Easlon the sum of ?1,000 la be- 

 queathed to his gardener, George H. 

 Craig. 



B. J. Macklln has opened a new and 

 attractive flower store In Whitney's 

 Block, 1854 .Massachusetts Ave., Cam- 

 bridge. .Mr. Macklln has been located 

 In SomerviUe for many years. 



The I resenUition of seeds for 5000 

 war gardens was the feature of a pa- 

 triotic mass meeting at the Dorches- 

 ter High School hall last Wednesday 

 night, under the auspices of the Dor- 

 chester food conservation committee. 

 The presentation was made by Wilbur 

 S. Beale, treasurer of the Dorchester 

 Trust Company, and the seeds were 

 offered in the name of the company. 

 Mr. Beale exhibited also prizes to be 

 given to the owners of gardens show- 

 ing the best results. 



It was voted at a meeting of the 

 food production committee of the Bos- 

 ton committee on public safety, April 

 24, that the tax for war garden allot- 

 ments this season will be $10, to be 

 I aid $5 down and the remainder In 

 two instalments. Contracts must be 

 signed by the citizen-farmers when 

 farming ground in Franklin Park or 

 some other stretch of city land is al- 

 lotted. The amateur farmer will re- 

 ceive in return for the $10 not only 

 the plot of ground, but also free 

 ploughing, harrowing and other ex- 

 pert assistance, also seed potatoes 

 suflicient to plant two-thirds of his 

 eighth of an acre plot. It is estimated 

 that 900 plots are now available. 



J. G. Jack will conduct a field class 

 at the Arnold Arboretum on Saturdays 

 during the spring and early summer, 

 to assist those who wish to gain a more 

 intimate knowledge of the native and 

 foreign trees and shrubs which grow 

 in New England. The instruction will 

 be given in informal outdoor talks and 

 examination of the plants. Different 

 botanical groups will be examined at 

 each meeting. Unless otherwise notified 

 the class will meet at ten o'clock in the 

 morning, on Saturdays, in the Arbore- 

 tum, at the Forest Hills entrance. The 

 class will open Saturday, April 27, and 

 close June 29. Two hours will be devoted 

 will meet at ten o'clock in the morn- 

 ing, on Saturdays, in the Arboretum, 

 at the Forest Hills entrance. The class 

 will open Saturday, April 27, and close 

 June 29. Two hours will be devoted 

 to each meeting. During the season 

 the class may meet once or twice out- 

 side of the Arboretum at some favor- 

 aide place for the study of trees. 

 These meetings may each take up a 



half day. 



ST. LOUIS. 



A delightful evening was spent by 

 a large number of florists at Westmin- 

 ster Hall, Afril ITth. 



Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co. 

 has completed his alterations and his 

 increased cold storage space is of great 

 help to the largely increased stock. 



