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HORTICULTURE 



February 18, 1911 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



The Wholesale Market. 

 The subject of moving the wholesale 

 market from its present center, Ran- 

 dolph and Wabash avenue, has re- 

 sulted in nothing but talk so far. It 

 received a sudden impetus Tuesday 

 just after the morning rush when a 

 large piece of marble and plaster fell 

 in the entrance to the Atlas Block 

 <;ausing much excitement. No one 

 •was hurt. The J. A. Budlong Co. have 

 decided to give up their store in the 

 Atlas Block and the Batavia Green- 

 house Co. has rented it. No suitable 

 location has yet been found for the 

 Budlong business. 



Scarcity of Roses. 

 A trip about the city this week 

 showed the large greenhouse estab- 

 lishments to be almost without roses. 

 Though a scarcity of roses at this 

 time is not unusual, the growers all 

 say it is more general and of longer 

 duration than they have known before. 

 Carnations are also scarce, but not to 

 such an extent as roses. At J. A. Bud- 

 long's the plants were in excellent 

 condition and this place led in the 

 quantity of carnations being cut. Lil- 

 ies everywhere are in good condition, 

 though the usual percentage of dis- 

 eased plants have been thrown out, es- 

 pecially multiflorums. 



The State Association. 

 The meeting of the Illinois State 

 Tflorists' Association last week at 

 Champaign-TJrbana was attended by 

 rather a small delegation from here. 

 The party left over the Illinois Cen- 

 tral, February 8, and returned Feb- 

 ruary 10th. They report a fine exhibit 

 of new roses and carnations. The Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. as usual led in 

 number of excellent varieties shown. 

 Valentine Windows. 

 J. Mangel had two tables filled with 

 tasty floral Valentine offerings in his 

 windows and they included several 

 novel effects. Among them was a cii- 

 pid nestling among the petals of a 

 very large red rose. 



Fleischman had a very attractive 

 window in violets and violet boxes tied 

 with gold ribbon for Valentine's Day. 

 Auto Trucks. 

 Much interest was shown by Chica- 

 go florists in the auto truck exhibit at 

 the Coliseum last week and no doobt 

 many sales will be made to the trade. 

 Many are already supplied with one or 

 more and others are thinking of get- 

 ting in line with the newer method of 

 delivery. 



Building Notes. 

 Sol. Garland has ordered a carload 

 of glass and will build a range of vio- 

 let houses at Desplaines where he now 

 has a greenhouse plant. J. B. Deamud 

 •will have an interest in the business 

 and market the stock. 



Jos. Brooks of Morton Grove is pre- 

 paring to add three greenhouses in the 

 spring. They will be 27 x 100 ft., with 

 Garland gutters and Moninger truss. 

 The latter are very strong and simple 

 of construction and full description 

 will be given by the Moninger Co., 

 •whose card will be found on another 

 page. Moninger has just erected a 

 range of houses for the State Experi- 

 ment Station at San Antonio, Texas. 

 Trade Notes. 

 O. J. Friedman will remove from his 

 present location at 185 Michigan ave- 



nue to the store one door north, on 

 May 1st. 



E. H. Hunt's supply house has just 

 filled orders for Wlttbold Spraying 

 Nozzles from the West Indies and 

 from the Philippine Islands. They 

 were sent in small lots by parcels 

 post. 



The Pansy Flower Store has in- 

 creased its business and added another 

 room and a verj' ornamental as well 

 as useful balcony has been construct- 

 ed. It is partly hidden by a vine cov- 

 ered lattice and makes a good place for 

 supplies. A. A. Sawyer, father of Miss 

 Sawyer, the proprietor, is well-known 

 for his excellent asters and says he is 

 prepared to plant the first seeds Feb- 

 ruary 20th as usual. 



Personal. 



H. Hunt, of the A. E. Hunt Co., was 

 in Michael Reese Hospital for sev- 

 eral days last week with an eye trou- 

 ble. 



The sympathy of the trade is ex- 

 tended to Mrs. F. C. Morris of Hins- 

 dale, 111., in the recent loss of her 

 brother, John McDonald, and sister-in- 

 law, Mrs. Wm. McDonald. 



Visitors: J. L. Johnson, De Kalb, 

 111.; Chas. Mueller, Wichita, Kans.: 

 and son, Harry Mueller, of Urbana. 

 111.; F. V. Craigh, with Wm. Hage- 

 mann & Co., New York; Irwin Berter- 

 mann, Indianapolis, Ind. 



A DETROIT GENTLEMAN. 



E. A. Scribner, whose portrait ap- 

 pears herewith, for many years in the 

 florist business at 604 East Fort street, 



E. A. Scribner 

 Detroit, has sold out to his faithful 

 employee Robt. W. Jean. Mr. Scrib- 

 ner's untiring efrorts to make the dis- 

 cussions of the Florist Club interest- 

 ing, his reports when returning from 

 the annual S. A. F. conventions, his 

 modest and engaging personality, have 

 all contributed to make him very pop- 

 ular. His "monument" is Waterworks 

 Park, a piece of marsh when he was 

 put in charge, but a beauty spot today 

 visited by everybody who goes to De- 

 troit. Verily, we all wish that he and 

 his wife may enjoy many years in 

 well-earned rest and comfort and the 

 Florist Club be still given the benefit 

 of his valuable experience. 



FRANK n.WZKR. 



DOCTORS OF PLANT DISEASES. 



Some agricultural college which 

 makes it a point to keep in touch 

 with commercial development on 

 lines parellel to the growth of scien- 

 tific agriculture can make a dis- 

 tinct hit by strengthening its course 

 in the line of plant pathology. 

 For several years past there has 

 been an insistent demand for men 

 versed in the knowledge of tree 

 and plant diseases, men who know 

 how to determine the nature, causes, 

 and remedies of more or less 

 mysterious ailments such as that 

 which has wiped out the chestnut for- 

 ests around New York City, and others 

 which affect the commercial value of 

 the native timber on large areas of 

 the public domain. The field for the 

 plant pathologist is widening tremen- 

 dously as it is learned that the rav- 

 ages of disease among the plants on 

 which we depend for our agricultural 

 supremacy can in many cases be pre- 

 vented or materially modified, and 

 only two colleges seem to be paying 

 any special attention to this feature 

 of scientific agriculture. The Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture has repeatedly an- 

 nounced that it is in the market to 

 purchase the services of plant patholo- 

 gists, and now it makes another ap- 

 peal for those who are qualified to 

 come forward and submit to the test 

 of a Civil Service e.xamination to dem- 

 onstrate their fitness for the work. 



An examination will be held for as- 

 sistant plant pathologist (male) on 

 March 15, 1911, to secure eligibles to 

 fill a vacancy in the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, at an entrance salary of from 

 $1,600 to $1,800 per year. The appli- 

 cant must be 28 years of age. and 

 under 40, and must be skilled in sugar- 

 beet work, as it is intended to assign 

 the person appointed to work in breed- 

 ing beets. The subjects of the exami- 

 nation are: General education and 

 training, training and experience in 

 plant breeding and plant pathology, 

 and a thesis of not less than 1,000 

 words on plant breeding or plant pa- 

 thology on which the applicant has 

 clone original investigation. Persons 

 who may wish to take this examina- 

 tion should apply to the Civil Service 

 I'onimission, Washington, D. C, for 

 Hirther information. 



THE FREAK SEASON IS OPEN. 



\V.i.sliiii;;;tou.- Surjju.ssiug Luther Bur- 

 biiuks wildest (light of horticultural fancy 

 and leaving at the post the whole cou- 

 fraternit.v of "liack to the soil" enthu- 

 siasts, Wilfrid Banou, of Washington, has 

 produced a lemon plant which he can 

 boast as literally his own handiwork. He 

 grew it from a seed embedded in a cut In 

 his thumb. 



Barron was preparing lemons six weeks 

 ago in a cafe where he practices his pro- 

 fession as a blender of beverages and Jug- 

 gler of sleep-iuduciug juices when the 

 kuife slipped and made an exploratory In- 

 cision in the ball of the Bar.onial thumb. 

 Doing a little quiet slipping on its own ac- 

 count, a lemon seed coyly concealed itself 

 in the cut. 



After the surface of the wound had 

 healed, Barron's thumb burgeoned like a 

 I'ud in springtime, and three sprouts ap- 

 peared. Then the animated experiment 

 station called in Dr. C. A. Snow, who "cut 

 back" the luxuriant foliage. This pruning 

 resulted naturally in a sturdier growth, 

 which was cut out, rootlets and all, and 

 transferred to a flower pot. To confound 

 the Incredulous and amaze the arboreul- 

 tural. Barron has the cut thumb and the 

 (briving lomon plant as evidence. 



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