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October 31, 1914 



BOSTON. 



At the Rosary, business is reported 

 very good, especially that of window 

 plants and boxes. The sale of pot 

 chrysanthemums for house decora- 

 tions shows marked increase this 

 season. 



At the opening of the Roxbury 

 branch of the Houghton & Button de- 

 partment store several hundred dol- 

 lars' worth of floral designs were 

 presented by the newspapers and 

 friends of the firm. 



T. F. Perkins of Reading is a re- 

 cent addition to the list of growers 

 shipping flowers to the Boston Co- 

 operative Market. Mr. Perkins was 

 formerly connected with the West 

 Street Greenhouses of Reading. 



Pampas grass, anthuriums and yel- 

 low chrysanthemums combined to 

 make a very pleasing window display 

 at the store of Thomas J. Clark. Mr. 

 Clark states that the freakish-looking 

 anthurium is a prime favorite with 

 his customers. 



Wax Bros, make a rule of complete- 

 ly changing their window display 

 three times each week. This they find 

 to be so effective an advertisement 

 that with each change they receive 

 a fresh influx of transient trade. An 

 especially rich and appropriate piece 

 of work seen at their store this week 

 was a casket cover of carnations with 

 a large cross of cattleyas at one end. 

 A tastefully decorated window was 

 noted at the store of .1. W. Rogers on 

 Summer Street. The display consist- 

 ed of red-tinted oak leaves and yellow 

 chrysanthemums essentially different 

 from the usual autumn display. The 

 majority of windows so far seen show 

 an excessive use of foliage, whole 

 sheaves of it, in fact. Too much fall 

 foliage would seem to suggest a scar- 

 city of other stock. 



Chrysanthemums are rapidly appro- 

 priating the center of the stage in 

 the wholesale markets. Already Major 

 Bonnaflon — usually much later in ap- 

 pearing — is in the van and the Bud- 

 long Rose Company are duly elated at 

 being the first to show it. This firm 

 counts Chas. Razar as one of the best 

 market whites. Chieftain as grown 

 by C. S. Andem of Putnam, Conn., has 

 rapidly attained popularity with the 

 buyers this season and among the 

 pompons that sell well is Charles 

 Kingsley which is a specialty with .T. 

 K. Chandler & Son of Tewksbury. New- 

 port, R. I., is also taking a try at the 

 Boston outlet, William Jurgens being 

 in with a vigorous line of yellow 

 pompons. 



KNOXVILLE, TENN. 



Karl P. Baum. manager for Chas. L. 

 Baum has been on the sick list, but is 

 better now and able to get back to 

 business again. 



Bruce Howell was doing something 

 about the engine of his new auto 

 truck when his hand was caught in 

 the fan and badly disfigured. He is 

 again able to make use of it. 



Chas. L. Baum reports making sev- 

 eral wholesale shipments, but nothing 

 like enough to take up the surplus; 

 however, regular shipments to points 

 in the south, will soon consume his 

 entire output. 



On Friday the Girls' Cottillion Club 

 .gave a Cotton Ball using cotton balls 

 for boutonnieres for their gentlemen 

 escorts, which was quite a novel fea- 

 ture; Crouch furnislied numerous cor- 

 sage bouquets for this occasion. 



The Knoxville Florists' Society 

 through a committee has set aside 

 Saturday and Sunday. November 7th 

 and 8th as Chrysanthemum Day, and 

 it will be observed by all the cemeter- 

 ies in and about Knoxville. This day 

 will be advertised through the local 

 papers in a co-operative w-ay, as it is 

 found that better results are obtained 

 by this mode of advertising. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



I-'eter Perkins has just opened a 

 new flower shop at Visalia, Cal. 



The Sies Floral Company of San 

 I3iego has been holding a reception 

 and flower show at its gardens in 

 East San Diego for the last week. 



Construction work in .Joseph's new 

 flower shop on Grant avenue is rapid- 

 ly nearing completion, and will be 

 ready for business soon after the end 

 of the month. 



Neal Childs, who was formerly in 

 the U. S. Forestry service in this state 

 and more recently engaged in educa- 

 tional work in a similar line in the 

 east, is starting business as a land- 

 scape engineer in Oakland, making 

 his headquarters at a new flower shop 

 at Fifteenth and Clay streets. 



M. H. F^bel of Sacramento was a vis- 

 itor in San Francisco this week, and 

 made a motor trip to the Palo Alto 

 show^.. in company with Daniel Mac- 

 Rorie. On his visit to San Diego last 

 week, -Mr. MacRorie enlisted hearty 

 support among the southern florists 

 and attending nurserymen for the S. 

 A. F. convention to be held next year 

 in this city. 



G. Rossi, has returned from his va- 

 cation, and is getting ready for the 

 busy season. His company has just 

 finished the construction of three new 

 greenhouses at Ocean View, this city, 

 and will shortly start work on another 

 and larger one. This firm is now han- 

 dling quite a lot of madrone berries, 

 and looks for a liberal supply of red 

 berries by Thanksgiving. 



Practically every florist and grower 

 of the San Francisco Bay district 

 who can get away is making the trip 

 to Palo .\lto for the flower show con- 

 ducted under the auspices of the Men- 

 lo Park Horticultural Society. Some 

 of the finest flowers in the state are 

 grown in that district, and an unusu- 

 ally large and fine exhibit is expected. 

 Several of the San Francisco people 

 went down for the opening. 



The annual convention of the Cali- 

 fornia Association of Nurserymen at 

 San Diego last week was quite a suc- 

 cessful and well-attended affair. Many 

 interesting talks were given by lead- 

 ing nurserymen from all parts of the 

 state. One of the best entertainment 

 features was the visit to the Panama- 

 California Exposition, the landscape 

 work of which is practically complete. 

 This trip was made by over 100 of the 

 visitors. The affair closed with a ban- 

 quet at the U. S. Grant Hotel. Fred 

 H. Howard was elected president for 

 the ensuing year. 



WASHINGTON. 



Charles Scarborough is expected 

 back from his father's farm in New 

 Jersey to accept a position at the store 

 of Gude Bros. Co. Edward Wilson has 

 also returned to business. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington will be 

 held on Tuesday evening, November 

 3. This promises to be a very inter- 

 esting affair and it is the desire of 

 President Cooke that the attendance 

 be large. 



The 14th annual chrysanthemum 

 show of the Department of Agriculture 

 opened on Thursday, October 29, with 

 about 1800 plants on exhibition, at 

 the Government Gardens. The dis- 

 play will confine for eight days, open 

 from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. daily, includ- 

 ing Sunday. 



Fred H. Kramer, florist, 916 F street. 

 Northwest, and T. A. Lucas, land- 

 scape gardener, are prominently men- 

 tioned in the report of Maurice Otter- 

 back, of the Anacostia Citizens' Asso- 

 ciation, in connection with the mak- 

 ing a success of the town garden at 

 Anacostia. 



O. A. C. Oehmler last Wednesday do- 

 nated a quantity of roses which were 

 sold at his store by the members of 

 the company of players now appear- 

 ing at Poll's Theatre. The ladies act- 

 ed as salesgirls, while the men wrap- 

 ped up the bundles, etc. The pro- 

 ceeds were turned in to the Red Cross 

 war relief fund. 



.\ "bargain counter" is an innovation 

 at the Washington Florists' Company's 

 store, considerable space at the front 

 of that establishment being devoted to 

 the sale of flowers in season at tempt- 

 ing prices. The counter is built some- 

 what in arbor shape, having a roof 

 made of oak leaves and branches, and 

 ferns and palms are used to mask the 

 sides. A rustic lamp is hung in the 

 center and around the edge of the 

 roof, on the inside, are hidden electric 

 lights. 



Just before Congress adjourned, the 

 Committee on the District of Columbia 

 made a favorable report to the House 

 of Representatives on the Dent bill 

 designed to prevent fraudulent adver- 

 tising in the District of Columbia. The 

 bill provides that advertisements con- 

 taining any assertion, representation 

 or statement of fact which is will- 

 fully untrue, shall be a misdemeanor, 

 punishable by a fine of not more than 



CHICAGO 



And Neighboring Town« 



Are Thorooffhly C*i ercd hv 



SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



(Member Florists Telegraph Dellrery^ 



Flowerirrain or Mall Orders from floH«t» 

 •nywbere carefnlly filled and deUver*4 

 nnder the RnperrlHinn of 



GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



2221-2223 W. Madison St.. CHICAGO. 



'Phone West 822 



