January 28, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



105 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Bulb Troubles. 



It is still early iu the season but in- 

 dications are that some of the bulb 

 troubles of two years ago are to be 

 repeated this year, especially with tu- 

 lips. Reports from two of Chicago's 

 largest growers show that bulbs from 

 one of the largest Holland growers 

 whose stock has hitherto been perfect- 

 ly satisfactory here, is this year com- 

 ing entirely blind — that is, failing to 

 produce flowers. This is not the re- 

 sult of early forcing as bulbs were 

 not placed in heat till after the holi- 

 days and other bulbs under similar 

 treatment have produced perfect flow- 

 ers. The varieties so far tried are the 

 eai-ly forcing ones — Proserpine anu 

 Montresor. What the result will be 

 in later varieties remains to be seen, 

 but, for the sake of the growers who 

 have invested thousands of dollars it 

 is to be hoped that the loss of two 

 years ago will not be again expe- 

 rienced. 



Among the Trade. 



J. Kidwell expects to build a house 

 for his men at the place at Wallworth 

 Farm this spring. Mr. Kidwell is get- 

 ting his plant there in excellent shape 

 and cutting some fine stock. 



The subject of the removal of the 

 wholesale florists to Market and Lake 

 streets continues to be agitated. Sev- 

 eral meetings have been held and a 

 decision is likely to be reached soon. 



Zeck & Mann are showing several 

 novelties shipped to them from the 

 south, among which are wild violets, 

 camellias and a vine bearing yellow 

 bell shaptd flowers, very attractive in 

 appearance. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. are show- 

 ing some very flattering testimonials 

 regarding the quality of the stock of 

 rooted cuttings of the Washington car- 

 nation they have shipped so far this 

 season; 50,000 have already been de- 

 livered. This firm has just received 

 a large shipment of Dorner's carna- 

 tion White Wonder. It was excellent 

 stock. 



Personal. 



George Asmus has returned from a 

 trip to Boston. 



Julius Schnapp is no longer with 

 Ganger & Gormley. 



Arthur Christianson has accepted a 

 position with Paul Blom & Co. 



T. C. Yarnall has resigned his posi- 

 tion with the J. B. Deamud Co. 



Henry Goebel started this w^eek for 

 a trip in the interest of the Chicago 

 Carnation Co. 



E. C. Amling is settled in the new 

 store on Randolph street, where he 

 has double the floor space. 



Lloyd Vaughan states that never in 

 his experience has there been such a 

 shortage in flowers along all lines. 



Little "Billy" Hornberg, Jr., has 

 been seriously ill and friends are glad 

 to hear that he is on the road to re- 

 covery. 



Miss E. Mechelson, who is with her 

 sister, Charlotte Mechelson, will take 

 a vacation from business and visit in 

 Keokuk, Iowa. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. Lang leave tonight 

 for a visit in Omaha, where Mrs. 

 Lang's parents will celebrate their 

 golden wedding. 



W. E. Ward, bookkeeper for the E. 

 H. Hunt supply house has just returned 

 from the funeral of his mother which 



took place at Darlington, Wis., on the 

 20th of January. 



C. M. Dickinson of the E. H. Hunt 

 Co. is glad to be back to the store 

 again. Jury duty is not a pleasure, 

 oven if it is the duty of a citizen. 



Frank Oechslin surprised his friends 

 by announcing Jan. 19th that his bach- 

 elor days were over and that he was 

 married to Miss Rosa Maier. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Oechslin have the best wishes of 

 the trade. 



Chas. McKellar is able to resume his 

 place in his store and assist in direct- 

 ing the business, although still unable 

 to use his hands. Mr. McKellar's is 

 the last of the many cases of blood 

 poisoning reported among the florists 

 this season. 



Ulrich E. Helie, lately with Holm 

 & Olson, of St. Paul, Minn., has taken 

 a position with Ganger & Gormley and 

 will have charge of the decorating, etc. 

 Mr. Helie has had experience also in 

 several of the eastern cities, including 

 Boston and New York. 



Several of our florists are suffering 

 with rheumatism. Frank Klimmer 

 has been confined to the bed for two 

 weeks. Sam Pearse, who has been ill 

 is now suffering a relapse and H. 0. 

 Blewitt of Desplaines has not been 

 able to be in the market for several 

 days. 



Visitors— F. A. Butchert, Rosarl, 

 Man., John Telelaar, representing Van 

 Meenween & Telelaar, Lisse, Holland ; 

 Joe Stuppe, St. Joseph, Mo. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



John Westcott and party left for 

 Bermuda on the S. S. "Oceanic," 

 Thursday, January 26th. 



We are pleased to report that John 

 Burton is so far recovered as to have 

 been able to take a short trip to town 

 from his residence in Chestnut Hill on 

 the 24th inst. 



R. Eisenhart, Torresdale, is setting 

 the pace among the local violet grow- 

 ers here this year. His crops of both 

 singles and doubles are exceptionally 

 good and are undoubtedly the best 

 coming to this market. 



Jno. Welsh Young is credited with 

 the best freesia that has reached this 

 market so far. It is only medium 

 long but fine as to size, substance and 

 purity. The stock seems to have been 

 grown moderately cool and is well- 

 hardened off. Freesia growers please 

 note the last line. 



W. R. Gibson is on a visit to his 

 mother here and will remain for some- 

 time to regain his health before re- 

 turning to Seattle. It will be remem- 

 bered that he met with an almost fatal 

 accident while horseback riding near 

 Seattle last summer. His physicians 

 say that with good nursing and quiet 

 he will get well. 



The business of the late J. Wm. Col- 

 flesh, grower of foliage and flowering 

 plants at 5;;rd and Woodland avenue, 

 will be conducted under the same title 

 and along the same lines as hereto- 

 fore by his sons, J. Wm. Colflesh, Jr., 

 C. Ben. Colflesh, and David E. Col- 

 flesh, who have formed a partnership. 

 They are good boys and have been 

 brought up in the business, and we 

 feel sure will worthily uphold the 

 good reputation of the establishment. 



Visitors: W. R. Gibson, Seattle, 

 Wash.; William J. Stewart, of Boston, 

 Mass.; B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham. 

 Mass. 



During Recess 



Chicago Bowlers. 

 The following score was made by 

 the Chicago bowlers at their regular 

 weekly meeting, January 19th: 



Violets. Orchids. 



1st 2d Md 1st 2d 3d 



Stuppy, 127 1.J6 110 Hu'bnr, l.i2 95 149 



L'b'm'u, 117 142 176 Zeck, 1.33 173 152 



Fr'dm'n, 157 17G 112 GratE, 147 143 153 



Lurmuii, IGS 156 171 Degnau, 165 190 144 



Yarnall, 171 153 163 Farley, 185 172 159 



Roses. Carnations. 



1st 2d 3d 1st 2d .3d 



Wolf, 178 172 161 Ayers, 142 141 163 



Foster, 162 162 163 KraHS, 158 132 124 



Bayers, 136 1.55 179 iJoerish, 115 147 126 



Wt'rs'n, 159 163 1.52 Sehultz, 131 169 171 



Fisher, 145 179 186 A. Zeck, 164 200 157 



On Sunday, January 22, the Chicago 

 bowlers, eighteen in number, went to 

 Joliet to play the teams of the Chicago 

 Carnation Co. and the Thompson Car- 

 nation Co. By a conflict of arrange- 

 ments the alley was not wholly at the 

 disposal of the florists and only a por- 

 tion of the teams could participate, 

 greatly to the disappointment of the 

 Chicago boys, who played without 

 spirit and all three games went to 

 Joliet. February 5th is set for a re- 

 turn game at Chicago, when the home 

 team will seek to reverse the results 

 of last Sunday. 



New York Bowlers. 



Scores last Friday night were as fol- 

 lows: 



Ch'dw'k, l.S:i 183 180 Berry. 125 131 123 



Scott. 1.55 150 1.57 Watkins, 84 88 108 



Rick'ds, 124 136 150 Shaw, 122 147 129 



Nusent. 89 164 90 lU'i ., •• .wlifeil .^ J:«J 



A St. Louis Feast. 



The Retail Florists' Association o! 

 St. Louis gave a banquet to its mem- 

 bers on Monday night, Jan. 16, at the 

 Marquette Hotel. The only invited 

 guests were the four wholesalers, 

 Messrs. Kuehn, Berning, Smith and 

 AngermuUer, who say they enjoyed a 

 splendid evening. There were twenty 

 members of the association present. 

 The tables were nicely decorated with 

 cut; flowers and smilax. After a most 

 enjoyable feast President G. G. San- 

 ders, who acted as toast-master, called 

 upon each one for a few remarks. 

 Vice-President Theo Miller, Secretary 

 F. C. Weber, Jr., and Treasurer R. J. 

 Windier were in excellent humor after 

 the feast and said they spent the most 

 pleasant evening of their lives. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society. 



The twelfth annual dinner of this 

 Society took place on January 18th 

 at the Hotel Tarry. The attendance 

 was large and enthusiastic applause 

 greeted Toastmaster C. H. Tibbets and 

 his corps of entertaining speakers. 

 Among the latter were: J. Austin 

 Shaw, J. H. Sperry, W. Odell, F. B. 

 Conine, J. F. Dinkel, Thos. Everett 

 and others. There was fine music 

 and the tables were beautifully deco- 

 rated with flowers and greenery. 



Geo. Stafl', of New Castle, Ind., has 

 organized a bowling club among the 

 growers of that city. 



