October 31, iai4 



HOETICULTUEE 



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$500 or imprisonment for not more 

 than six months, one or both. 



"There is no reason why the florists 

 of Washington should not have a very 

 good season, regardless of the present 

 condition of business and the fact that 

 there will probably be no formal so- 

 cial functions at the White House this 

 winter," said a well known retailer 

 to the HoRTK ui-TUKE correspondent. 

 "Those of the caterers who handle the 

 larger social affairs state that they are 

 daily receiving requests for bids on 

 large jobs, and these may be taken as 

 forerunners of additional business for 

 the florists. Then again, with Europe 

 in such an unsettled state, the many 

 Washingtonians who usually go abroad 

 during the cold months will probably 

 retain their residence here during the 

 entire season. With all of these things 

 in mind, I cannot possibly see that 

 business will remain so quiet and there 

 is no doubt but that other cities will 

 benefit in a like manner." 



CHICAGO. 



-Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wullbrandt are 

 in Georgia, looking after the harvest- 

 ing of their crop of pecans. 



Indianapolis bids fair to be a rally- 

 ing place for florists of the middle 

 west. Nov. 6-8. With the big flower 

 show, which will in itself be a great 

 attraction, conies the joint meeting of 

 the State Florists' Associations of 

 Illinois and Indiana. Chicago and 

 vicinity will be well represented both 

 in attendance and exhibits. 



The disappearance of the window 

 boxes in the business district show not 

 only that the summer is over, but also 

 that the softening and beautifying ef- 

 fect on the streets bordered by high 

 buildings was no small matter. The 

 window-box movement in the loop was 

 started two years ago and this sum- 

 mer it reached large proportions, run- 

 ning into miles. 



The wish of the florists Is at last 

 fulfilled. Jack Frost came on the night 

 of Oct. 26 and he did not go tiptoeing 

 around but jumped into the game 

 with both feet. The thermometer 

 dropped to 20 degrees and every 

 flower and vine is gone. From sum- 

 mer to winter in a single day with a 

 snow storm thrown in is the 1914 rec- 

 ord. The florist who is not happy now 

 has made a mistake in locating the 

 cause of his troubles. 



.Tohn Poehlmann finds the Mrs. Rus- 

 sell rose to be all that they had ex- 

 pected and more. To see the daily 

 cut at that store would convince any- 

 one that Mr. Poehlmann was fully j>is- 

 tified in his high opinion of the Mrs. 

 Russell, which brings 20c. each for the 

 36-inch stock this month and has 

 fallen below that only a few times this 

 summer. Mr. Poehlmann says also, 

 that the Hadley and Mrs. Shawyer are 

 doing well, and may prove to be 

 equally valuable later on. They have 

 not bloomed, however, as has the Mrs. 

 Russell. 



F. Oechslin's greenhouses present a 

 very busy scene at present. The re- 

 cent arrival of three car loads of aza- 

 leas and several smaller shipments 

 means work in potting up. The large 

 quantity of tulips, narcissi and hya- 

 cinths are going into the pots and 

 pans and the large bulb house, 22x1 I.t 



BE SURE that you get the METER 

 GREEN SILKALINE, and do not take 

 any other that is sold as an Imitation 

 of the .MEYER GREEN SILKAilNE, 



as they do not have the full weight, 

 measure and strength of the genuine 

 article. All our GREEN SILKAtlNE 

 is guaranteed up to the high standard 

 and mark. The sizes are F, fine; FF, 

 medium : FI<'F, coarse. It is for sale 

 by all the best Jobbers. If you cannot 

 get it of your jobbers, order direct of 

 the manufacturer. 



THE JOHN G. MEYER THREAD CO., LOWELL, MASS. 



In writing adTertisers kindly mention nORTICOLTURE. 



feet, is rapidly filling up. A large 

 number of cyclamen are coming into 

 bloom and all are of named varieties. 

 In pot chrysanthemums only standard 

 varieties are grown and of these one- 

 half are pompons. The new begonia, 

 F^lorenee Davenport, is showing up 

 well, being nicely covered with buds, 

 well above the foliage. 



Ernest Oechslln was severely in- 

 jured Oct. 23, when his auto truck 

 collided with a street car, and he is 

 in a critical condition at the Wash- 

 ington Park Hospital. The driver was 

 running the machine south, just be- 

 hind a street car, which made a quick 

 stop at a crossing. The machine, for 

 some reason, could not be stopped and 

 the driver turned to the left to avoid 

 running down passengers from th9 

 car. and met a north bound car. Mr. 

 Oechslln was thrown through the wind 

 shield to the curb and has since re- 

 gained consciousness only at brief in- 

 tervals. The driver was also Injured, 

 but not so seriously. Mr. Oechslln 

 was the victim of an accidental sb'^ot- 

 ing about four years ago, from which 

 be has only lately recovered. His 

 greenhouses are at Madison street and 

 Gale avenue, in River Forest, and had 

 extensive additions last year. Mr. 

 Oechslln has a wife and three small 

 children and their many friends hope 

 for his speedy recovery. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Milwaukee — John A. Evans. Quaker 

 City Machine Co., Richmond. Ind. 



St. Louis — Walter Mott, represent- 

 ing Benj. Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. 



Kansas City, Mo. — M. Levine and 

 S. Seligman representing New York 

 ribbon houses. 



San Francisco — Martin Reukauf. 

 representing H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 

 Philadelphia. Pa.; Mark M. Ebel, Sac- 

 ramento, Calif. 



Knoxville. Tenn. — Mr. Cheesemau. 

 representing R. M. Ward & Co., New- 

 York: Mr. Koontz, representing Mc- 

 Gregor Bros.. Springfield, 0. 



Philadelphia— Edward Swayne, West 

 Chester. Pa.; C. H. Weaklin, East Lib- 

 erty, Pa.; J. F. Sullivan. Detroit, 

 Mich.; G. R. Clark, Scranton, Pa.: C. 

 Betscher, Canal Dover, O. 



Boston— Harry A. Barnard, repre- 

 senting Stuart Low & Co., London, 

 England; Tage Hansen, Copenhagen, 

 Denmark: Wm. Dykes, representing 



Ed. Jansen, N. Y.; Stanley Cogger, 

 representing C. Keur & Sons, Holland. 



New York— G. Wermig, Egley Nurs- 

 eries, Woking, Surrey, Eng.; H. P. 

 Knoble, Cleveland. O.; J. F. Sullivan, 

 Detroit, Mich.; Paul Berkowltz, H. 

 Bayersdorfer &. Co., Philadelphia; 

 James W. Wade, of the Lemud Ball 

 estate, Wissinoming, Pa. 



Washington — Milton Alexander, of 

 Lion & Co., New York, N. Y.; Charles 

 L. Dole and Mrs. Dole, Lockport, 

 N. Y.; Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. 

 J.; C. L. Robey, Purcellvllle, Va.; and 

 Sidney Bayersdorfer, of H. Bayersdor- 

 fer & Co., Charles D. Ball and Mrs. 

 M. Rice, all of Philadelphia. 



Cincinnati — E. E. Schaefer, of the 

 Advance Floral Co., Dayton, O.: Mr. 

 and Mrs. W. T. Phillips. Toledo, O.; 

 Chas. P. Brunner. Springfield, 0.; 

 Frank S. Miller, Columbus, O.; Juli- 

 us Dillhoff, representing Schloss 

 Bros., New York City: Jos. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; Henry A. Mollers, repre- 

 senting The American Foil Co., New 

 York City. 



Chicago — Albert Pittet of Riverside 

 Greenhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.; H. 

 Bookedis. Claypool Hotel Florist, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind.; O. Triebwasser, of 

 The Calvert Floral Co., Lake Forest, 

 111.: J. V. Wlckler and daughter. Ga- 

 lena. 111.: John C. Ellspermann, Ev- 

 ansville. Ind.; Mr. Steiner, of R. R. 

 Davis Co., -Morrison, 111.: A. T. F^er- 

 rell, Saginaw, Mich.; Louis Hartung, 

 Two Rivers. Wis.: J. T. Fitchett, 

 Janesville, Wis.; Charles Pahnd. In- 

 dianapolis. Ind. 



.'V lot of things make your bus- 

 iness unprofitable. A careless credit 

 system is not the least of them. 



KOMADA BROS. 



Manufacturers of all KmdU of 



WIRE DESIGNS and FLORISTS SUPPUES 

 1008 Vine St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



THE Florists' Supply 

 House of America 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



1129 Arch St., PMIadelphia, Pa. 



