March 11, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



323 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



Club meeting on March 6. was very 

 well attended and Robt. Jean, the new 

 owner of E. A. Scribner's establish- 

 ment, was elected to membership. E. 

 A. Scribner was made an honorary 

 member. 



After the transaction of the regular 

 business the members spent a most 

 interesting hour and a half following 

 ex-mayor Breitmeyer's very interesting 

 narration of his recent trip to Cuba. 



Mr. Breitmeyer told of crotons and 

 acalyphas which grow to a height of 

 15 to 20 feet, arecas, dracaenas and 

 bougainvilleas, the latter seen on most 

 all houses, which is not very artistic 

 because of its magenta flowers and the 

 generally prevailing yellow paint 01 

 the houses. He said that all cities are 

 paying great attention to the making 

 of parks, boulevards and good streets 

 leading into the suburbs. In fact they 

 spend more money and build much 

 more substantially than American cit- 

 ies do, as a rule. The government is 

 trying out all kinds of vegetables. The 

 growing of vegetables is in the hands 

 of the Chinese and they produce most 

 beautiful and tempting fruit and vege- 

 tables. 



CLEVELAND FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Cleveland Florists' Club is go- 

 ing to have a special car, Cleveland to 

 Bo-ston, to attend the second National 

 Flower Show. The Cleveland Florists 

 invite all who can to join them on 

 this train. Lets make this and Ohio 

 Special. Cleveland is the logical start- 

 ing point for Ohio and we should be 

 able to bring a crowd of Ohio florists 

 into Boston that would open their eyes. 

 Don't "Let George do it." Go yourself 

 and see for yourself what a National 

 Flower Show is. 



Lake Shore train leaves Union Sta- 

 tion. Cleveland, Friday, March 24th, at 

 7.40 P. M., arriving in Boston 2.40 P. 

 M. on the 25th. Railroad fare $13.25 

 one way: lower berth $3.50, upper 

 berth $2.80. Send in your reservations 

 early as we may need two cars. Ad- 

 dress Frank A. Friedley. Rocky River, 

 Ohio, Vice-President, Ohio North. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Greater New York Florists' As- 

 sociation held its first annual dinner 

 and reception at Rau's restaurant, 

 Brooklyn. N. Y.. on Wednesday even- 

 ing, March S. 



At the regular meeting of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society, March 3. 

 Peter Miller, president of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Boston, was 

 present with a paper on "Varieties of 

 Grasses for Lawns." The paper was 

 of great interest to the members pres- 

 ent. A lively discussion followed, dur- 

 ing which Tliomas J. Grey brought out 

 some points. Government inspection 

 of seeds was discussed. 



Among the interesting exhibits at 

 the Spring Show of the Worcester 

 County 'Mass.l Horticultural Society, 

 on March 2nd, was a remarkable group 

 of seedling orchids raised Ijy George 

 McWilliam. Cymbidium Whitiniana 

 (its first exhibition). Calanthe Orpeti- 

 ana, C. McWilliami, C. Whitiniana and 

 other gems of the orchid family w'ere 

 among thern. L. C. Midgley, H. F. A. 

 Lange and E. W. Breed were well rep- 

 resented in th'T various plant and cut 

 flower classes. 



A LINE OF NOVELTIES. 



Messrs. Zirkman and Shoch are at 

 the Quincy House, Boston, this week 

 with a superb display of M. Rice & 

 Co.'s florists' supplies comprising 

 many rich novelties as well as staple 

 goods. They occupy two large sample 

 rooms and are doing a big business. 

 Among the most attractive wares are 

 twig, reed and willow baskets In in- 

 numerable designs finished in verde 

 antique effect, a color basis with 

 which the tints and shades of all 

 flowers and foliage make harmonious 

 combination. There are new ferner- 

 ies, also, in this flnish as well as gold. 

 Bridal lace scarfs for use instead of 

 ribbon are among the best sellers and 

 they show a chaste parchment paper 

 in watered-silk finish which is intend- 

 ed as a substitute for ordinary waxed 

 paper in flower boxes of the finer 

 class. Ribbons in two-toned effects, 

 lavender ruscus wi'eaths for use with 

 white flowers, etc., particularly after 

 violet wreaths have gone by, are 

 shown in fine array. There is a very 

 large collection of metal wreaths for 

 which orders are being taken for de- 

 livery after Easter for Memorial Day 



use. 



CHICAGO HUSTLERS. 



Our esteemed friend P. J. Foley of 

 the Foley Mfg. Co., Chicago, calls our 

 attention to the fact that in our ac- 

 count of the thirteen new greenhouses 

 being erected by Poehlmann Bros, we 

 omitted to mention the main fact that 

 his company had furnished all of the 

 wood work as well as certain parts of 

 the metal used in connection with the 

 woodwork. Furthermore, he states 

 that he is now shipping the woodwork 

 for the second batch of 13 houses for 

 Poehlmann, which constitutes the next 

 addition to this immense establish- 

 ment. The poet says that 



"Praise from a friend or censure from a 



foe 

 Xre lost on hearers who our merits know." 

 Everybody knows Foley, Terb. sap. 



A BEAUTIFUL NEW CATTLEYA. 



John .McFarland of North Easton. 

 Mass., was awarded a silver medal 

 by the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society on March 4, for a plant of a 

 seedling cattleya raised by himself. 

 The seedling has not yet been named, 

 but will within a short time. It is 

 the result of a cross of Cattleya Dow- 

 iana, pollen parent, on C. Lawrence- 

 anum McFarlandi. The characteristic 

 gold striping of Dowiana appears in 

 the throat but the lip and, in fact, 

 the entire flower is larger than that 

 of Lawrenceanum, while the color is so 

 dark as to be almost red, the sepals 

 and petals being only slightly lighter 

 in tint than the lip. It has been pro- 

 nounced by experts as unique. The 

 plant bore two flowers. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



Thos. Windram left Tuesday, March 

 7, for a two weeks' visit to his asnara- 

 gus farm at Leesburg, Fla. 



Geo. Tromey returned on Monday, 

 March G, from a week's visit to New 

 Orleans. 



Miss Margaret Anstead has returned 

 from New Orleans and reported having 

 had a delightful time attending the 

 Mardi Gras carnival. 



Eddie Bossmeyer, with C. E. Critch- 

 ell, who has been on the sick list with 

 grip, is again on duty. 



OBITUARY. 

 Mary E. Habermehl. 

 Mary E. Habermehl. wife of Edward 

 W. Habermehl, 2230 Diamond street, 

 Philadelphia, died on the Gth Inst. 

 Mrs. Habermehl, we understand, died 

 very suddenly after an operation at 

 the hospital. Edward W. Habermehl 

 is the junior partner in J. J. Haber- 

 mehl's Sons, florists, to whom the 

 trade extends sincere sympathy. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Rochester, N. Y. — David McGregor 

 has purchased the business of George 

 J. Morgan, 211 Lexington avenue. 



Newport, Ky. — The florist business 

 of the late H. Edwards, Alexander 

 Pike, has been purchased by Anton 

 ?Iunimel. 



Cleveland, Ohio — Harry Dow has 

 purchased the flower and seed busi- 

 ness of Miss M. Schueren, 4403 Lor- 

 aine avenue. 



Chattanooga, Tenn. — Chattanooga 

 Nursery Co., L W. Hunter, proprietor, 

 has been purchased by J. C. Hale, 

 who has taken possession of the prop- 

 erty. 



New York City — Judgment for $335.00 

 is reported by Charles Millang to have 

 been secured against the Valentine 

 Company, David Bell, manager, 158 

 Fast 110th street. 



New York — Another strike, declared 

 l.>y the drivers for the U. S. Express 

 Co. on Friday last, carried dismay to 

 the flower trade of this city and caused 

 considerable delay and embarrassment 

 for a few hours, but before night the 

 trouble was amicably settled. 



Lompoc, Cal. — Definite steps have 

 been taken towards the erection of a 

 warehouse for the Lompoc Seed Grow- 

 ers' Association. It is their intention 

 to erect a building 75 x 300 feet as 

 nearly fireproof as possible. Land ad- 

 joining the range has already been 

 secured. 



Clayton, Ohio — The range of green- 

 houses belonging to the St. Louis Car- 

 nation Co. has been purchased by C. 

 De Wever and he is moving them to 

 St. Louis, rebuilding already having 

 commenced there. This will add four 

 houses, each 25 x 100 feet, to his St. 

 Louis range. 



New York — Changes among the W. 

 28th street wholesale florist establish- 

 ments are still going. James McManus 

 will move from 42 to 57 as soon as the 

 latter is vacated by A. H. Langjahr. 

 Kessler Bros., now at 136-138, will 

 move across the street to a new store 

 now l>eing remodeled. 



New York, N. Y. — Two stores being 

 remodeled at 111-113 West 28th street 

 have been leased by Kessler Bros. 

 One store and the greenhouses In the 

 rear will be occupied by Kessler Bros., 

 and the other store has been leased 

 to the Growers' Cut Flower Co., who 

 expect to occupy it about May 1st. 



Sandpoint, I d a h o — Arrangements 

 have been made for the location here 

 of a factory for the manufacture of 

 non-rusting and non-breakable trans- 

 planting flower pots, patent of which 

 is held by Will C. Hill of this city. 

 Construction is expected to start 

 shortly on a building 40 x 80 feet in 

 which it is said will be employed fifty 

 men. 



