October 24, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



596. 



of prepared materials which they are 

 making up, sell almost as fast as made. 

 They are very attractive and the color 

 combinations unusually tasteful. A 

 Roman striped corsage ribbon Is 

 among the new offerings. 



The Chicago friends of Phil. Breit- 

 meyer of Detroit are pleased to learn 

 of the big wedding decorations he 

 captured recently. The one in Detroit, 

 was very elaborate and called for 

 quantities of American Beauties. The 

 room in which the ceremony took 

 place had 1,000 American Beauty roses 

 used, forming aisles and banks. The 

 other decoration was in Lansing, Mich, 

 and both were under the personal 

 charge of Mr. Breitmeyer. 



At the Schiller stores, George As- 

 mus says a fair amount of trade is 

 coming each day. It might be noted, 

 however, that the strict attention paid 

 to orders in these stores and the very 

 attractive way in which the stores 

 are always kept, have much to do with 

 bringing the business. Mr. Asmus says 

 that their experience with the Mrs. 

 Russell rose has been very satisfactory 

 this summer and he thinks a good sum- 

 mer rose has come to stay. He classes 

 it with the American Beauty. 



Among the death notices in the lo- 

 cal papers, Tuesday, was that of Alex- 

 ander Henderson. This is not the 

 head of th; well known seed house 

 of A. Henderson Co., as his friends 

 were glad to learn. A. Miller of this 

 firm states that the late summer is 

 holding back bulb sales as flower beds 

 are still in use. With a severe frost, 

 he predicts a rush will come when 

 everyone will want orders filled at 

 once. A second car load of gigantium 

 lilies has just arrived. All kinds of 

 bulbs are of good size and tulips par- 

 ticularly so. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Washburn of 

 Pasadena. Calif., are visiting C. L. 

 Washburn of Hinsdale, 111. Mr. Wash- 

 burn's health has improved steadily in 

 the milder climate but his father 

 states that he is not yet sufficiently 

 strong to enter commercial life. The 

 rumor to that effect, was caused by 

 the growing of one small house of 

 plants for O. P. Bassett's personal use. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Washburn will make a 

 short visit in Philadelphia and then 

 leave for California where their chil- 

 dren are being cared for by their great 

 grandparents, Mr. ana Mrs. 0. P. Bas- 

 sett. 



WASHINGTON. 



George H. Cooke expects to take 

 possession of his new store early next 

 week. 



Robert Bowdler & Sons are erecting 

 a modern display window at their store 

 at Fourteenth and Eye streets, N. W. 



President Patterson, of the Mary- 

 land Agricultural College, has tendered 

 his resignation to take effect July 1, 

 1915, in order to enable the authorities 

 to put into operation a commission 

 form of government advocated by him 

 for use in all of the United States land- 

 grant colleges. President Patterson 

 believes that this is the proper manner 

 in which to conduct the affairs of such 

 institutions. 



For the Taft wedding at St. John's 

 Church last week the church was very 

 prettily decorated with auratum lilies, 

 clbotium ferns, white cosmos and 

 smilax. The bride's bouquet was of 

 orchids and lily of the valley, that of 



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In writing advertisers kindly mention HORTICULTURE. 



the senior Mrs. Taft of violets, and the 

 maids carried huge bronze chrysanthe- 

 mums. The home of the bride's mother 

 where the wedding breakfast was set 

 was decorated with chrysanthemums. 

 Ward and American Beauty roses and 

 cosmos. 



Gude Bros. Company furnished a 

 large floral display which was pre- 

 sented to the department store firm of 

 Goldenberg's by their employees on 

 the occasion of the formal opening 

 of their new building. This consisted 

 of a large quantity of white and yellow 

 chrysanthemums with a central stand- 

 ard of American Beauty roses and yel- 

 low chrysanthemums. On the two 

 sides of the table were baskets of 

 white chrysanthemums, pink dahlias 

 and Mock roses and at the front and 

 back were large rustic baskets of 

 white chrysanthemums and quantities 

 of oak leaves and branches. Speci- 

 men ferr.s and small palms and quanti- 

 ties of asparagus completed this decor- 

 ation. In front of the main entrance 

 was a huge bank of ferns and 500 

 dahlias. During the first three days 

 the dahlias were changed daily. This 

 decoration was supplied by Robert 

 Bowdler & Sons who also furnished 

 palms, ferns and other potted plants 

 which were arranged on stands and on 

 top of the rows of merchandise racks. 

 Here and there about the store were 

 bouquets and baskets of flowers sent 

 by friends of this and other cities 

 through the local florists. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



George Burton, the newly appointed 

 president of the Philadelphia Florists' 

 Club, has started off with his year's 

 work in good shape. Here is a list of 

 the new committees appointed, accord- 

 ing to his prerogative: 



Club Room.— Arthur Nlessen. John C. 

 (iracey, John Kuhn, A. T. Moore, Chas. E. 

 Meehan, George Craig. 



(iames.— H. S. Betz, Wni. Graham, F. 

 Adelberger, F. J. Michell, Jr., E. H. Gcs- 

 '•hick. 



Novelties.— Robert Klft, E. A. Harvey, 

 Geo. Campbell, Victor Groshens, Alfred 

 Burton. 



Essav— Chas. H. Fox, A. Farenwald, A 

 E. Woiilert. 



Membership.- H. F. Michell, James W. 

 Ileacock. M. C. Wright. 



Exhibits.— F. Hahnian, John Dodds, J. 

 W. Prince, Duncan Macaw. 



It is now up to these gentlemen to 

 show us what they can do in their 

 respective fields to uphold the glori- 

 ous records of the past and if possible 

 to surpass them. 



Pennock Bros.' great window on 

 Chestnut street, made famous by 

 the artistic displays of the floral 

 art at all times and seasons, from 

 far and near, was especially dis- 



tinctive this week by having a 

 beautiful exhibit of the new "Ford- 

 hook Hybrid" gladioli. These are re- 

 markable not only for their great size 

 and lovely colors but also the fact that 

 they were raised from seeds sown last 

 May. They are creating quite a sen- 

 sation. More about them later. 



E. J. Fancourt, of the S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., has just returned from a 

 trip north and west as far as Kansas 

 City. He reports larger business than 

 last year notwithstanding a generally 

 pessimistic tone in the trade. This, 

 means one of two things: Either Mr. 

 Fancourt is a wonder or trade is not 

 so bad as so many say it is. Take 

 your choice. Maybe the real truth lies^ 

 in between the two propositions. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Topeka, Kan. — Kline & Lament have 

 leased J. M. Kessler's greenhouses. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — August Albert has 

 rented the greenhouses of Chas. Dis- 

 sel, 59th and Gibson avenue. 



New York, N. Y. — George Cotsonas 

 has leased the two-story building at 

 118 W. 28th street and will remodel it 

 for his wholesale florist business. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — James Curran, Mt. 

 Clemens, Mich., has leased the green- 

 house range of Currie Bros. Co. and 

 will grow pot plants for the wholesale 

 trade. 



Milburn, N. J. — George W. Brand of 

 East Orange has purchased the green- 

 houses of Jacob Fischel on Taylor 

 street and will conduct a wholesale 

 and retail florist business. 



Rahway, N. J. — Wm. Saling was sur- 

 prised last Friday by the appearance 

 of a big buck deer in the vicinity of 

 his greenhouses. The rare visitor dis- 

 appeared in the neighboring woods. 



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