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1918 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



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BOSTON 



Albeil Miumpli. a stlu.siuaa lor 

 llonry M. Uobliison & Co., has gone 

 Into the naval servile, thus aJiling 

 one more star to the servke flag of 

 thiscompany. Miss Sophie M. Mitchell, 

 bookkeeper for this establlshmenl. Is 

 to be married on Sunday, May 26 



One of the most encouraglne signs 

 in local business this spring is the 

 lively demand tor Spring plants. 

 Growers of bedding stock, etc., all re- 

 port an unexpected call, far better 

 than was experienced last year and an 

 Insutriclencv of plants to nil the or- 

 ders coming In. It is very evident 

 that there will be no surpluses this 

 season. 



Never have the lilacs in the Arnold 

 Arboretum in Jamaica Plain bloomed 

 so profusely as this season. A few of 

 the very early varieties have already 

 passed their prime, but later sorts are 

 coming into flower. Fully 100 Im- 

 mense bushes are now in bloom. More 

 than 200 species and varieties are in- 

 cluded in the Arboretum collection, 

 and the blooming period extends near- 

 ly two months. Among the newer va- 

 rieties blossoming during the past 

 week the Arboretum commends as 

 especially desirable the following: 

 Deuil de'Emile Galle, with pale pink 

 double flowers: Waldeck Rousseau, 

 pink single; L'Oncle Tom, dark red- 

 purple single: Grand Due Constantin, 

 light lilac-colored; Toussaint Louver- 

 ture, with unusually long narrow clus- 

 ters of red-purple, a tall growing plant 

 with erect stems and of not partlcu- 

 larlv good habit, but the flowers are 

 attractive; De Mirabel, single, very 

 dark lilac, long narrow clusters; Ed- 

 mund Bossier, dark rose-purple single, 

 large broad clusters; Maurice de Vll- 

 mornin, pale lilac-colored double; 

 President Louhet, deep lilac single; 

 Languis, pale pink single flowers, dark 

 rose-colored buds: Reamur, large, sin- 

 gle, rose-colored. broad clusters. 

 Among the other varieties the follow- 

 ing have been unusually good: Congo, 

 dark red-purple, single: Macrostachya, 

 pale pink, single, long narrow clusters. 

 Like Toussaint Ixiuverture, this varie- 

 ty has erect stems which do not make 

 a handsome bush, and the flowers, too, 

 begin to open before the leaves ap- 

 pear, but they are so delicate in color 

 that some persons consider this one of 

 the handsomest garden Lilacs. Jlar- 

 llensis pallida, pale pink: Furst Lich- 

 tenstein. single pink: Condorcet, dou- 

 ble pale blue, dark rose-colered buds: 

 Justi, pale blue: Ludwig Spath, dark 

 red-purple single. This last is very 

 similar to Philemon and in these two 

 plants are found probably the hand- 

 somest Lilacs with dark red-purple 

 flowers. Marie Legraye is good as 

 usual. Some of the white-flowered 

 Lilacs recently produced in France 

 have larger individual flowers, but lit- 

 tle is known here yet of their value as 

 garden plants, and Marie Legraye 

 must still be considered the best of 

 the thoroughly tested single white- 

 flowered Lilacs. 



PITTSBURGH. 



lieorgc C. .McCalluin has enllstc. in 

 the Otflcers' Naval Reserve. 



William Dunkorheit has writ ten an- 

 nouncing his safe arrival In France. 



Roderick Fraser, assistant to .lames 

 Stewart on the Andrew W. Mellon es- 

 tate, has enlisted and gone to Camp 

 Lee. 



Richard li. Harris has a njagniflceni 

 showing of the flner varieties of tulips 

 on the estate of Mrs. Thomas Arm- 

 strong. 



On Tuesday evening next at the 

 Horticultural Society of Western Pa., 

 David Fraser will give an address on 

 ••War Gardens." 



.Tamos .1. Higgins, salesman with 

 .Mrs. E. A. Williams, has resigned to 

 take charge of the floral department 

 of a gentleman interested in theatrical 

 enterprise, who is planning to open 

 one of the finest flower stores in the 

 city. 



Edward Earl Ludwig and Frank 

 Smoller. who have been for some time 

 at Camp Hancock, were supposed to 

 have sailed for France last Saturday. 

 For the past week or so, they have 

 been stationed at Camp Mills, MIneola, 

 Long Island. 



Alfred Bates, orchid grower at the 

 Henry .1. Heinz estate, has returned to 

 his home in Beacon, N. Y.. owing to 

 the call of the military draft. The 

 Heinz staff has also been depleted by 

 the departure of William Anderson, 

 who after two years' service, has en- 

 listed in the Canadian ranks; and that 

 of M. K. .lacobs, a selective man sent 

 to Camp Lee. 



Unintentionally last week we neg- 

 lected to note the luncheon given at 

 the Pittsburgh Athletic Association 

 by Samuel McClements in honor 

 of Chairman George Asmus of Chi- 

 cago, and Secretary .John Young of 

 New York, who were in town for the 

 banquet of the Pittsburgh Retail Flor- 

 ists' Association. In addition to the 

 host and honor guests. Ira C. Harper. 

 Julius W. Ludwig. Fred Burki, Gilbert 

 P. Weaklen Orville Crissman and 

 John McClements were present. En- 

 tertainment also included a trip to the 

 Randolph & McClements greenhouses. 



ST. LOUIS 



The annual Florists' picnic will take 

 place earlier than usual so as not to 

 interfere with S. A. F. arrangements. 

 • The noted specialist. Brown of Kirk- 

 wood, Mo., has donated his collection 

 of orchids, valued at $2.'5,000, to Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden. 



We are glad to report that Fred 

 Ammann is aroimd again folb' re- 

 stored to health. George Waldbart is 

 now able to visit his store. 



The annual flower sermon in mem- 

 ory of Henry Shaw, the founder of 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden, was 

 preached Sunday. May 19, at Christ 

 Church Cathedral. The decorations 

 of the church were peonies. 



PHILADELPHIA 



\\ . Alice Iturpe*', Jr.. has Joined (he 

 Naval Reserve. 



Albert Doonor, I he junior of the 

 Ddoner'g Hotel family and a musician 

 of note, has enlisted In the Naval re- 

 servo and gone to Cape May. 



Wurd was received on the 18th that 

 the Karl boys, who left Camp t'pton 

 on the 4th hail arrived safely at iheir 

 destination on the other side. 



Martin Gohn is now with Westcott's 

 Laurel Hill .Nurseries and will be 

 pleased to have a call there from his 

 old friends in the gardening business. 



Those wishing to send letters or 

 papers to our esteemed young friend, 

 Ed. Flood. Jr., should address same: 

 Corporal E. H. Flood, San. Squad No. 

 .'■), A. P. O. 108. A. E. F., France. 



Final arrangements in the deal for 

 the Berlin property of John Westcott 

 were completed at the law ofllces of 

 Charles H. Eimerman on the 17th 

 Inst. The purchasers are New York 

 men and are interested In the canning 

 business. The amount Is not stated 

 but it is understood to have been part 

 cash and the balance on mortgage. 



Among our distinguished visitors 

 last week we had the pleasure of 

 greeting George M. Barnard of New 

 Castle, Ind., governors delegate to the 

 war relief convention here, Mr, 

 Barnard is a lawyer hut is a near 

 florist, having married Marion Dingee, 

 daughter of Chas. Dingee of West 

 Grove, Pa., the pioneer mail order 

 rose man. 



.•\lvah R. Jones, of the Pennock Co., 

 will be the principal speaker at a 

 Ladies' Society meeting next week, 

 his subject being: "Flowers an es- 

 sential." This is the kind of good 

 work we should all be proud to do for 

 our own and our country's benefit. 

 Cutting out flowers as a non-essential 

 Is too much talked about. If you do, 

 you might as well cut out music, 

 literati're, art and every elevating in- 

 fluence ;n modern civilization, as non- 

 essentials. 



We are "getting no better very fast" 

 it seems. Judging from the P. O. serv- 

 ice between Boston and Philadelphia. 

 HoRTirrLTfitE usually arrived in the 

 Quaker City on Saturday morning. 

 Then it got to Monday, then Tuesday. 

 This week they came crawling in with 

 it on Wednesday, although it was 

 mailed punctually on the previous 

 Friday. From this our readers will 

 unrlerstand that conditions of trans- 

 portation "Down East" are very con- 

 gested — much more so than they now 

 are from western points. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

 Kossman & Hildebrandt have 

 opened a new florist store. 



George B. Hart reports his Mother's 

 Day trade as the best ever. 



Lilac Sunday was observed at High- 

 land Park, May 19th. The collection 

 now contains nearly 3<"i0 named va- 

 rieties, some of which are very rare. 



