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HORTICULTURE 



October 24, 1914 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



Two florists doing business in this 

 city were summoned to court this 

 week on a charge of selling flowers 

 on Sunday. 



Julius Rusitzlvy of 129 Pleasant 

 street, florist, and Clara Dorothy Levy 

 of 289 County street, Bedford, Mass., 

 are to be married next week. 



The lunch counter in the Boston 

 Flower Exchange started business 

 Thursday morning with a rush. It is 

 operated for the benefit of the mem- 

 bers of the market only. 



James Deal is a new addition to 

 Wax Brothers' forces. Mr. Deal has 

 had experience in Thorley's, Small's 

 and as manager at the Knickerbocker, 

 is a good plantsman and well liked 

 wherever known. 



Hyman Kolow, florist, at 167 Sum- 

 mer street, has increased his store space 

 to twice its former size. Mr. Kolow 

 has been carrying on his business for 

 the last fifteen years in what was per- 

 haps the smallest florist shop in the 

 city. 



Despite the general business depres- 

 sion which just now prevails in the 

 city flower market, news of a more 

 cheering nature comes through Hyman 

 Heckel, salesman for H. M. Robinson 

 & Co., who has just returned from a 

 four weeks' trip through New England. 



Wm. A. McAlpine, of McAlpine & 

 McDonald, contemplates taking a trip 

 to Virginia about Nov. 1st for the pur- 

 pose of buying greens for Christmas. 

 The firm has installed a new depart- 

 ment of supplies and have put up five 

 million dagger ferns for winter stor- 

 age. 



E. Allan Pierce of Waverley. Wm. A. 

 McAlpine of Boston and L. J. Renter 

 of Westerly, R. I., took an auto trip 

 last week to Exeter, N. H., where the 

 party inspected McAlpine Bros.' range. 

 Mr. Renter was very favorably im- 

 pressed with the excellent condition of 

 the establishment. 



Penn the florist, made a very effect- 

 ive window display of flower baskets 

 during the first part of the week. Pink 

 and yellow roses carried out a novel 

 scheme of window decoration. The re- 

 frigerator in the store featured roses 

 exclusively, the quality being one of 

 the finest we have seen in any retail 

 store in the city. 



It is difficult to understand why so 

 few florists appreciate the value and 

 unlimited benefits of advertising. This 

 sloth on the part of the retailer amply 

 demonstrated itself at the first meet- 

 ing of the Pilgrim Publicity Associa- 

 tion, held Wednesday evening. Sev- 

 eral hundred business men were pres- 

 ent, but only one florist — Henry Penn. 

 I was not surprised to see him there; 

 in fact. I anticipated his presence. 

 Mr. Penn celebrated his 15th wedding 

 anniversary at I.enox, Mass., last 

 week. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



State Gardener Wm. Vortriede, in 

 charge of the State Capitol gardens at 

 Sacramento, has a corps of collectors 

 in various parts of the state collecting 

 native flowers to be planted in the 

 grounds. A large collection of moun- 

 tain flowers will be planted in a spot 

 formerly occupied by a building, and 

 part of the collection wil be distributed 

 among other state institutions. 



Angelo J. Rossi, of Pelicano, Rossi 

 & Co., was very busy last week in con- 

 nection with the Columbus Day cele- 

 bration at the Exposition grounds, hav- 

 ing been appointed by the Mayor to 

 take charge of the affair. Pelicano, 

 Rossi & Co. are making quite a feature 

 at present of some very fine potted 

 chrysanthemum plants from the Hills- 

 borough Nursery in San Mateo county. 



A complimentary aah.ia exhibition 

 was held Saturday evening, Oct. 10, at 

 Redmen's Hall in this city, under the 

 auspices of the Pacific Coast Horticul- 

 tural Society. Local growers and 

 fiorists took considerable interest in 

 the affair, and the large and varied 

 collection of flowers brought out quite 

 a good attendance. Prizes were 

 awarded covering eight classifications 

 of dahlias. 



Tourists and commuters have lately 

 been attracted by the work of the 

 Southern Pacific Railroad, which has 

 been parking a strip almost the entire 

 length of its Oakland molt;, planting a 

 pleasing variety of flowers and shrub- 

 bery. The flowers are now beginning 

 to blossom, and will make a fine show- 

 ing during the Exposition year on a 

 strip of track which has heretofore 

 been bare and bleak. 



Under the leadership of Daniel Mac- 

 Rorie. vice-president of the S. A. F., 

 preliminary arrangements are already 

 under way for the reception of the 

 Convention next year. Committees 

 have already been appointed, and will 

 be announced shortly, to take charge 

 of the various features: an entertain- 

 ment committee, a dance committee, 

 a Ladies' Day reception committee, a 

 press committee, and an outdoor gar- 

 den committee. Arrangements have 

 been made for a convention hall in the 

 Auditorium, and for the use of the 

 ballroom of the St. Francis Hotel. 

 Mr. MacRorie is at present at San 

 Diego, attending the convention of the 

 California Association of Nurserymen. 

 Mr. Eberle, of the California Nursery 

 Company, is also at the convention. 



Jackson, Mich.— More than 2.000 

 roses were given away by Henry M. 

 Burt on Nov. 10 as mementos of the 

 opening of the new Burt floral shop. 

 The store is nicely appointed in the 

 remodeled store building at 113 Fran- 

 cis street, opposite the Otsego hotel. 

 Mr. Burt was at home to hundreds and 

 hundreds of friends Saturday, and 

 from almost every visitor words of 

 complimentary praise for the new 

 store were heard. 



CHICAGO. 



Phil. Schupp is recovering from an 

 attack of pneumonia. 



W. E. Tricker, formerly with C. H. 

 Totty, arrived last week to take 

 charge of the greenhouses of Vaughan's 

 Seed Store at Western Springs, 111. 



Jack Byers, well known in the mar- 

 ket, where he has been with both 

 wholesale and retail florists, is now 

 to have charge of the floral depart- 

 ment of the 0. T. Johnson Co., Gales- 

 burg, 111. 



The Abest Floral Co., which opened 

 a retail flower store a year ago, at 3345 

 W. North Ave., has sold out to Morgan 

 .lensen, who was connected with the 

 Chicago parks for several years. Mr. 

 Jensen offers also seeds and nursery 

 stock. 



Poehlmann Bros, received a ship- 

 ment of azaleas this week. The plants 

 arrived in excellent condition many 

 of the buds showing color. The eight 

 "Cap" varieties of pot chrysanthe- 

 mums are just coming into bloom and 

 so far promise well. 



Paul Klingsporn of the Chicago 

 Flower Growers' Association, finds Mi- 

 lady rose splendid for late summer and 

 winter use. In size, color and ship- 

 ping qualities it excels any other of 

 its kind. His growers have no fear 

 for a good supply of lily of the valley 

 pips. 



At A. Lange's dahlias have been good 

 sellers this year. The colors are very 

 beautiful and the size seems to play 

 no part in the sales, for all have been 

 popular this season, from the little 

 ones to the giant blooms. A favorite 

 for boutonniere use is of a deep gold- 

 en color and two inches in diameter. 

 The stock is shipped in from adjoin- 

 ing states. 



At Winterson's Seed Store, bulb busi- 

 ness is reported fair with the retail 

 end decidedly in the lead. The whole- 

 sale orders lag in comparison. There 

 has been a good demand for lawn 

 grass seed during the month. The 

 counter display here shows what bulbs 

 will do for house culture, when placed 

 in their mixture of ground cocoanut 

 fibre, oyster shell and charcoal, mois- 

 tened. The roots develop in a remark- 

 ably short time. 



T. Waters who has never been known 

 to be behind time, has Christmas fes- 

 toons irt place in the Poehlmann Bros.' 

 supply department, of which he is 

 manager. Mr. Waters says florists are 

 ordering early and that the wreaths 



CHICAGO 



And Neighboring Towns 



Are Thoronchly 0*r«red by 



SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



(Member Florists Telegraph DellTery). 



F1nw«»rKrain or Mall Orders from florl«t* 

 anywhere rarefally filled aad dellver^J 

 under the »inp«*rvislon of 



GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



2221-2223 W. Madison SI, CHICAGO. 



■Phone Wot 822 



