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CHICAGO. 



The unusuul spectacle of fallin*: 

 snow was seen A|)ril 30tli. 



Guy French was called home from 

 Montana by the death of iMrs. John 

 i'oehlniann, who was a sister of Mrs. 

 FVench. 



Business changes due to coal short- 

 age have resulted in the giving up of 

 a downtown store by Sinner Bros. 

 Miss Gunterberg who also occupied 

 the store at 158 N. Wabash, will find 

 quarters elsewhere. 



Responding to the call to his coun- 

 try's service. B. J. Delinke, at 3802 

 Chicago avenue, will close his store, 

 selling what he can and storing the 

 rest of his stock, and will enter the 

 naval training school for officers on 

 the .Municipal Pier in Chicago. 



Frank Woelz of 2422 Wlnnemae 

 avenue, a recent employee of Nelson 

 Swain & Sons Nursery Co. was found 

 dead between AVabash and Michigan 

 avenues, near Lake street, Sunday. He 

 was out of a position and is supposed 

 to have become despondent. 



"Better save some coal in your fur- 

 nace and put money into flowers" was 

 the advice in a well written article in 

 a local paper, under the heading "En- 

 courage the Florist." The trade has 

 sulTered so m\ich from the newspapers 

 the past year that it is pleasant to 

 note that the article was not in fine 

 print in an obscure position, but In 

 large type and in a most conspicuous 

 place. 



Chicago florists learned with much 

 regret of the order by the fuel admin- 

 istration, to curtail by 50 per cent, the 

 consumption of fuel by greenhouses. 

 After the hard struggle of the past 

 winter, many had looked forward to a 

 more plentiful supply of fuel for next 

 winter, and this announcement comes 

 as a severe blow. In the discussion of 

 the subject, however, there are those 

 who are hopeful of another and more 

 favorable ruling before long. 



Allie Zech of Zech & .Mann says the 

 advance orders for .Mothers' Day are 

 coming in rapidly, but it is a question 

 how many to place on the order book, 

 because of the uncertain weather con- 

 ditions, which have been very unfavor- 

 able for several weeks. At this store 

 was noted some of the finest forget-me- 

 nots of the season. They had large 

 flowers and the stems were long and 

 heavy, with plenty of I'oliage. Zech & 

 Manns is getting to be one of the 

 foremost shipping houses in the city. 



The funeral of Mrs. John Poehl- 

 mann, whose death was announced in 

 last week's issue, was held Friday. 

 April 26th, at the family residence. 

 The deceased, a beautiful woman and 

 one who had many lovely qualities, 

 never looked more beautiful than as 

 she lay in a perfect bower of roses 

 and orchids. It was a particularly 

 touching funeral, as it recalled so 

 vividly the passing of her husband less 

 than two years ago. and at whose 



services the same pastor, an old friend, 

 presided. Interment was at Grace- 

 land. 



In the description of the flower pic- 

 tures by Miss Key, on exhibition at the 

 Art Institute, a tribute Is paid to the 

 gardeners by Eleanor Jewett. "Men 

 they are. in shirt sleeves and dirt 

 daubed trousers. Their brush is the 

 pruning knife, their palette the earth 

 itself, afld their beautiful pictures the 

 plants with which the greenhouse over- 

 flows. Canvas versus soil, art versus 

 nature. But beauty is in both and 

 beauty needs no argument for or 

 against. Between the results of the 

 artist and the results of the garden- 

 ers who will choose?" 



PITTSBURGH. 



.1. W. Glenn of Kittanning, Pa., has 

 been seriously ill for the past week 

 or two. 



Albert Niggel, formerly an em- 

 ployee of George E. Hallam, has gone 

 to Boston on a "prospecting" trip. 



Fred Burkl and family have re- 

 turned from a several months' tour of 

 Oregon, Washington and California. 



John SIrayer has just closed two 

 fine contracts for the landscape de- 

 partment of the A. W. Smith Com- 

 pany. 



William T. Ussinger, traveling sales- 

 man for the Pittsburgh Cut Flower 

 Co.. has enlisted and gone to Camp 

 Lee, Richmond, Va. 



Earl Hinkle, a salesman lor tlie Mc- 

 Callum Company, has convalesced suf- 

 ficiently from an attack of influenza 

 to return to business. 



The A. W. Smith Co. now has on ex- 

 hibition a fine Aquarium display un- 

 der the direction of Joseph A. Koenig, 

 who has charge of outside decorative 

 work. 



Thomas Kettiher, formerly an at- 

 tache of the McCallum Company, has 

 been seriously ill with pneumonia at 

 Camp Lee. Carl Brand, an accountiinl 

 for the same firm, has been confined 

 at home with an attack of measles. 



Corporal Hiram A. Frlshkorn re- 

 turned on last Monday evening to 

 Camp Lee. Va.. following a brief busi- 

 nes strip in Pittsburgh. Young Frlsh- 

 korn was formerly a salesman for the 

 Beckert Seed Co. of which his father, 

 Augustus Frishkorn, is manager. 



After ten years' service. Louis 

 Biehl has resigned as salesman for 

 the E. C. Ludwig Co. to enter the em 

 ploy of the Westinghouse Company. 

 Miss Gertrude Renzihausen. who was 

 also long with the Ludwig Floral Co. 

 has gone into other work. She is suc- 

 ceeded by .Mrs. Samuel M. Jackson. 



A letter received from Clarke B. 

 Stiles tells of his having been in a hos- 

 pital in France for a month, as a re- 

 sult of measles. Mr. Stiles, who is a 

 Philadelphian, was for several years 

 on the landscape staff of the A. W. 

 Smith Co., from which he resigned to 

 enlist with an Engineering Corps, 



BOSTON, 

 Among the marriage Inlenlions pub 

 llshed Ai)ril 3uth we find the following: 

 "Nell S. Casey, 48, florist, Melrose, 

 and Cornelia J. King, 48, 14 Cameron 

 street, Dorchester, divorced." 



Prof. A. G. Ilecht of Amherst Agrl 

 cultural College is scheduled to si^eak 

 i'.l the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 meeting on Tuesday evening. May 21, 

 on Herbaceous Perennials. 



Fire, believed to have been set by 

 children, did damage estimated ai 

 JL.'iOO to a large wagon shed and con 

 tents owned by the Breck-Robinson 

 Nursery Company, olT Woburn street, 

 in Lexington, on April 29. 



Mayor Peters, in keeping with other 

 mayors, observed Arbor Day last Sat- 

 urday. Acting under his orders, the 

 park and recreation department plant- 

 ed six elm trees on Liberty Mall. In 

 the course of the exercises of planting 

 the trees Mayor Peters said: 



J. WaJter Howard of SomervlUe. 

 was severely injured in an automobile 

 accident at Brookline on April 17. His 

 chauffeur and three other employees 

 were also hurt more or less. They 

 were returning from putting up a wed- 

 ding decoration in Brookline. Mr. How- 

 ard fractured several ribs and sus- 

 tained other painful Injuries. 



"It Is especially significant that Lib- 

 erty Mall was selected, the thorough- 

 fare where Boston ians in civil life are 

 striving to their utmost to uphold 

 their Government in the war by sub- 

 scribing for bonds of the past and 

 present issue." Four trees were also 

 planted on Commonwealth avenue be- 

 tween Massachusetts avenue and 

 Charlesgate. 



On the evening of May 2 Harticul- 

 tural Hall will be the scene of a pa- 

 triotic rally of all who are members 

 of the Suffolk Home Garden Club, all 

 who are interested in joining and all 

 who are already home gardeners. The 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 has prepared a large educational ex- 

 hibit of home gardening, which at this 

 time is of greatest Interest to those 

 who would make their gardens — large 

 or small — most productive. Governor 

 McCall, William Leslie French of 

 Washington, H. B. Endicott and Dr. 

 Harris Kennedy of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society will speak. P. A. 

 O'Connell will preside and Colonel 

 Roosevelt's acceptance of an invitation 

 to be present is expected at any 

 moment. 



Philadelphia. — There will be a Rose 

 Show in I ansdowne, June ,5th in the 

 hall of the Century Club. This event 

 has become well-known as one of the 

 most important of the suburban ex- 

 hibitions, and this year's show is ex- 

 pected to be fully equal to reputation. 

 Samuel S. Pennork is the president 

 of the association this year. A cordial 

 invitation is extended to all, both ama- 

 teur and professional. There is no 

 entrance fee. Exhibits will also be 

 very welcome. Send something. 



