January 7, 1911 



and later J. K. M. L. Farquhar of 

 Boston. In the meantime Bunzo 

 Suzuki, ttie oldest son who had come 

 over to the states to study horticulture, 

 had opened a branch office in New 

 York and became very well known 

 and highly regarded in the American 

 and European trade. After he re- 

 tired some years ago his brother, 

 Hamakichi, who had been his father's 

 assistant came over to America and 

 Europe to look after the interest of 

 the company. He is now the head of 

 the concern and as he inherited all 

 the excellent qualities of the deceased 

 there is no doubt he will be quite as 

 successful. 



There is no man who did more to 

 exploit Japanese horticulture commer- 

 cially than the deceased and he can 

 be called the Japanese pioneer in this 

 line. Through his efforts horticulture 

 trade became what it is now, a valua- 

 ble asset in the Japanese trade bal- 

 ance. He was a captain of horticul- 

 ture and won an everlasting victory 

 for his country. C. L. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



A car load of southern smilax was 

 used at the decoration of the Audito- 

 rium for the Charity ball. 



Several shipments of the Wittbold 

 Watering System have lately been 

 made to the Philippine Islands. 



John Starret had the largest decora- 

 tion yet at the La Salle hotel for the 

 New Year's Day. 500 tables all done 

 with Kallarney roses made some work. 



The many friends of John J. Gorm- 

 ley of Ganger & Gormley learned with 

 regret of his death on the closing day 

 of the year. Further notice is given 

 in the obituary columns. 



The unusual state of the glass mar- 

 ket is again causing some large sales 

 among the local growers, and some 

 will build more extensively next year 

 than they had previously planned. 



D. D. Johnson of the Evergreen 

 Brand Fertilizer Co. is on a business 

 trip this week. Though not the time 

 for fertilizers to be most in demand, 

 still quantities are used by the under- 

 glass gardeners and there is no really 

 dull season in this line. 



Phil Schupp states that the rumor 

 that the J. A. Budlong Co. will leave 

 their present quarters in the Atlas 

 Block is incorrect. They are crowded 

 and their constantly increasing busi- 

 ness really demands more room, but 

 the present location he considers too 

 desirable to leave. 



A severe storm swept over the city 

 Jan. 2nd and many florists were great- 

 ly Inconvenienced by delayed trains. 

 On the 3d three of the through trains 

 on the Rock Island were tied up by 

 deep snow west of Des Moines, la. 

 Shipments of flowers were also de- 

 layed by overtaxed express cars dur- 

 ing the holiday week. Southern ship- 

 ments suffered most. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. will give 

 a free excursion to their plant at 

 Joliet, 111., on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 

 1911. The train will leave the La 

 Salle Street station over the Rock 

 Island at 11.45 A. M. Manager Pyfer 

 extends the invitation to anyone in- 

 terested in carnations to inspect this 

 plant, where the best of the old varie- 

 ties are grown as well as the choicest 

 new ones, conspicuous among which 

 is their Washington, which has made 

 a fine record. Also, among the new 

 ones, they are growing Dorotljy Qor- 



HORTICULTURE 



don. Scarlet Glow, Shasta, Sangamo, 

 Conquest and others. The Chicago 

 Carnation Co., since opening the Chi- 

 cago office has greatly increased its 

 volume of business. 



Chas. McKellar is the latest Chi- 

 cago florist reported to be suffering 

 with blood poison as the result of 

 handling plants and flowers. A few 

 weeks ago we reported nine cases as 

 receiving treatment at the Cook Co. 

 Hospital within a month. Mr. Mc- 

 Kellar did not cut his hand but the 

 skin was broken or "chapped" and 

 the poison, supposedly from the chem- 

 icals used in spraying, infected two 

 fingers of the right hand. This week 

 the left hand is also swollen and very 

 painful. 



Wm. J. Smyth has had an unen- 

 viable experience with his large plate 

 glass store windows three years in suc- 

 cession. This time it was on the day 

 following Christmas when an automo- 

 bile crashed into the window on the 

 Michigan avenue side, demolishing it 

 and ruining the plants. The loss was 

 met by insurance and the new glass is 

 now in. Mr. Smyth's store, which is 

 one of the finest in the city is at the 

 corner of 31st street and Michigan 

 avenue, aUd in spite of a board walk 

 which ought to give ample protection 

 automobiles find it hard to resist the 

 attraction the store possesses. Two 

 years ago the same thing happened on 

 the 31st street side and the auto came 

 into the store. One year ago during 

 a severe storm the Michigan avenue 

 window blew in but Mr. Smyth boards 

 up the window and goes on selling 

 flowers with the good nature charac- 

 teristic of the man. 



Personal. 



Fost. Choles, of Louis Russo's, Madi- 

 son, Wis., was among the week's vis- 

 itors. 



Clifford Pruner has just returned 

 from a business trip to St. Louis, Mo., 

 in time to be drawn as a juror. 



Among the salesmen starting out 

 from here for the new year was J. J. 

 Karins of H. A. Dreer's, Philadelphia, 

 on his way to the Pacific coast. 



Harry Nicholson of the Chicago Car. 

 Co., is calling on the trade in the East. 

 He will visit Boston and Pramingham, 

 Mass., where his father, Mr. Nichol- 

 son, resides. 



Miss Frances Brundage spent a por- 

 tion of the holidays with her sister 

 in Missouri and found the Xmas there 

 a decidedly green one, no snow and 

 the weather warm. 



W. C. Johnson of the E. H. Hunt 

 Supply House is back from the Gulf 

 coast where he found business to be 

 good. This firm report the year's 

 business to surpass that of any pre- 

 vious years. 



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PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Samuel S. Pennock reports very few 

 oranges this year from his fruit ranch 

 in Florida. Too bad! 



Jasminum grandiflorum, an old and 

 sweet-scented favorite greenhouse 

 plant, is seen in fine shape at Pennock 

 Bros, at present. This comes from the 

 Colflesh greenhouses and is much es- 

 teemed in the cut flower trade. 



Paul F. Richter of the Henry F. 

 Michell Co. has been enjoying a well- 

 earned vacation at Pinehurst, Florida, 

 and has just returned to business feel- 

 ing much refreshed and invigorated 

 after his brief sojourn in the sunny 

 south. 



J. D. Nevius, known the country 



over as a chicken authority, will give 

 a lecture at Michell's on the 23rd inst. 

 "The Importance of Poultry Raising" 

 to the gardener, florist, suburbanite 

 and farmer, will be the title of his 

 subject. 



The Joseph Heacock Co. will open 

 wholesale cut-flower headquarters in 

 the premises lately occupied by Ed- 

 ward Reid on Raustead St., above 15th. 

 It is reported that this move is solely 

 for the purpose of better serving the 

 customers of this extensive growing 

 establishment with large plants from 

 Wyncote and Roelofs. 



Among the distinguished new mem- 

 bers elected to membership in the 

 Florists' Club at its meeting on the 

 first Tuesday of February, 1911, were 

 the following: D. S. Adams, late of J. 

 M. Thornburn & Co.'s; H. Wintzer, of 

 Henry A. Dreer's; G. W. Hampton, of 

 H. F. Michell's. If any of our con- 

 temporaries can beat us in getting the 

 news in "on time" let them try to beat 

 that item. We give the news "red- 

 hot" every time. 



Things are happening at Michell's 

 these days. The latest live item is 

 the engagement for this house of D. 

 S. Adams, late of J. M. Thorburn & 

 Co.; H. Wintzer, late of Henry A. 

 Dreer's, and G. W. Hampton, the lat- 

 ter of whom we briefly mentioned last 

 week. We look for much good work 

 from these gentlemen — not only for 

 the good of their house but for the 

 trade in general. 



We had the pleasure of a call from 

 A. N. Pierson of Cromwell, Conn., on 

 Wednesday. He brought with him 

 three big vases of three of his rose 

 specialties for 1911, Lady Cromwell, 

 Prince de Bulgarie and Dark Pink 

 Killarney. These varieties are very 

 distinct and beautiful and created 

 much interest in the trade here. We 

 append a few notes in connection with 

 these which our readers will be glad 

 to peruse: — 



Lady Cromwell— a sport from My 

 Maryland originating at Mr. Pierson's 

 place at Cromwell, Conn., about two 

 years ago. Shell pink on the outside 

 shading deeper to the center. During 

 the hot weather Mr. Pierson says the 

 dark center is not so pronounced and 

 the whole flower is then a self of 

 most charming shade like a Safrano or 

 Sunset but a much larger flower. 



Prince de Bulgarie (Pernet-Ducher 

 1902)— name being lost it was sold as 

 Mrs. Taft until Mr. Pierson found out 

 its real name by having an expert 

 French rosarian grow fifty plants for 

 purpose of identification. A lovely 

 shell pink deepening to the center, 

 beautiful formation, full, many petaled. 

 Mr. Pierson says that for ten months 

 in the year It is one of the best roses 

 he has ever grown. Perfect in stem 

 and foliage. 



Dark Pink Killarney— This is so dis- 

 tinct and lovely a flower that it is 

 eminently worthy of a more distinctive 

 name. The under side of the petal Is 

 claret with lighter silver-shaded re- 

 flex. Originated at Montrose Green- 

 houses, Montrose, Mass. Mr. Pierson 

 says this variety is especially brilliant 

 in coloring during the winter months 

 when the parent Killarney is so va- 

 riable and often unsatisfactory. 



Visitors this week: A. N. Pierson, 

 Cromwell, Conn; J. P. Brazleman, 

 New Castle, Indiana; P. Joseph Lynch, 

 West Grove, Penna. 



