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HORTICULTURE 



March 25. 1911 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



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

 Co. has returned from a trip to Den- 

 ver and other western cities. 



The J. C. Moninger Co. have their 

 new catalogue ready for the press. 

 They report an unusually busy time. 



Strail & Hahn, who opened a store 

 in the Wellington Hotel one year ago 

 and who have established a nice busi- 

 ness, have been obliged to leave that 

 location on account of advanced rent. 

 Another equally desirable place will 

 doubtless be found. 



It looks this year as if the ease with 

 which white flowers have been colored 

 green for St. Patrick's Day has less- 

 ened the demand for them. The nov- 

 elty is wearing off and there were 

 many left over to be thrown out last 

 , week, as they should. 



The Misses Frances E. Stollery and 

 Nettle C. Moore are opening a retail 

 store at 627 Evanston avenue. Miss 

 Stollery is a sister of the Stollery 

 Bros., florists, and Miss Moore is the 

 6ead of the firm known as the N. C. 

 Moore Co. of Morton Grove, 111. 



Work is begun on the new range of 

 houses for the Desplaines Violet Co., 

 at Desplaines, 111. Foley Mfg. Co. sup- 

 plies the wood work and state that 

 they are contracting more work than 

 usual this spring, as the low price of 

 glass and building material is enabling 

 many to build who otherwise could 

 not. 



Poehlniann Bros, will cut about 100,- 

 000 Foimosum lilies, which they find 

 preferable to gigantium for cut flow- 

 ers. The thinner foliage makes the 

 blooms larger and more numerous be- 

 cause admitting more air while the 

 giganieum being stockier and carrying 

 heavier foliage makes the better pot 

 plant. 



A genuine black hand scare has vis- 

 ited one of the retail florists. Frank 

 Williams, 35 Randolph street (whose 

 Greek name he long since discarded) 

 left for his native land a month ago, 

 and now his wife, who has charge of 

 the store, has been threatened with 

 death if she does not deposit money 

 where directed. An employe is sus- 

 pected. 



THE GREAT 



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 BOSTON, MASS. 



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Society of American Florists 



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American Rose Society, American Carnation Society, 

 National Sweet Pea Society, Gladiolus Society, Nat- 

 ional Association of Gardeners, Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 





Applications for Space in Trade and Competition 

 Departments now receivable. 



Write for Complete 'Premium List 



for the 

 $10,000 in Prizes, and diagram of floor space to 



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PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Eugene Weiss has sold out his 

 greenhouse establishment at Hatboro 

 to his brother Harry Weiss and will 

 go on an extended trip in the hope of 

 recovering lost health. 



B. Eschner of M. Rice & Co., reports 

 Mr. and Mrs. Rice at Leipsic, Germany, 

 attending the great international ex- 

 hibition which is now going on in that 

 historic city. Mr. Rice is on his an- 

 nual European tour and will return 

 with a full budget of novelties for the 

 florists' trade. 



Linnaeus Cox, rose grower, Wissin- 

 oming, will build three houses, 30 x 70 

 ft. in the near future. The contract 

 for the materials has been awarded to 

 the Lord & Burnham Co. Dennis Con- 

 nor, the local agent of the company, 

 reports business very active at pres- 

 ent and quite a wave of activity 

 among the commercial flower growers 

 in this vicinity. This follows natural- 

 ly on the good season the cut flower 

 men have experienced. According to 



all accounts these specialists have 

 fared much better than the plant men. 

 We hear of quite a number who are 

 contemplating building hereabout, and 

 expect to report contracts placed in 

 many instances, in the near future. 



Visitors: Mr. McCarthy, manager 

 P. R. Quinlan & Co., Syracuse, N. Y.; 

 E. B. Coe, representing D. M. Ferry & 

 Co., Detroit, Mich.; Ernest Weinhober, 

 Chicago, 111.; G. W. Strange, South 

 Orange, N. J.; James Mattson, New- 

 port, R. I. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Plymouth, Mass. — A greenhouse on 

 the country estate of Levy N. Mayer 

 was destroyed by fire on March 16th. 

 An overheated furnace is said to be 

 the cause; loss about $1,000. 



Ansonia, Conn. — Peters & Palmer 

 Greenhouses, 108 Holbrook street, 

 were damaged by fire the evening of 

 March 14th. About one-half of the 

 building was destroyed and the re- 

 mainder considerably damaged. Loss 

 is estimated at $400 or $500 with no 

 insurance. 



AN ACCREDITED FUNGICIDE. 



We have received from the B. G. 

 Pratt Company of New York a pam- 

 phlet on Fungous Diseases of Fruits, 

 Vegetables and Flowers, describing 

 how these pests are controlled effec- 

 tively, easily and cheaply with "Sulfo- 

 cide," a compound made by the B. G. 

 Pratt Company. The subject of which 

 it treats is of intense interest to the 

 farmer, fruit grower and florist and 

 we do not hesitate to commend a pe- 

 rusal of its contents by our readers. 

 It contains testimonials from such 

 recognized authorities as Dr. J. B. 

 Ewing, Booneford, N. C; Mr. Horace 

 Roberts, Moorestown, N. J., ex-Presi- 

 dent of the New Jersey Horticultural 

 Society and one of the largest truck 

 growers in the state; Hon. George T. 

 Powell, Ghent, N. Y., President of the 

 Agricultural Experts' Association, and 

 Prof. John B. Smith of the New Jersey 

 Exiteriment Station. 



Morgantown, W. Va.— W. R. P. Stew- 

 art, florist, has gone out of business 

 here and moved to Ohio. 



