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HOETICULTURE 



July 11, 1914 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



H. Bayersdorfer arrived home from 

 his European trip on the 4th inst. on 

 the Vaterland. His son, who is asso- 

 ciated with him in business, will make 

 the outward voyage on the same 

 steamer, dated to sail on the 7th inst. 



Ernest H. Hoehl, who ran the old 

 Bunting place in West Philadelphia 

 for a number of years, is now repre- 

 senting S. S. Skidelsky & Co.. and is 

 at present making a special drive on 

 seeds of new winter-flowering sweet 

 peas. 



Charles Sim. landscape gardener 

 and contractor, Rosemont. sailed from 

 New York on the Allan Line via Nova 

 Scotia for Glasgow on the 7th inst. 

 He has chosen this route in order to 

 get the benefit of a full fourteen days 

 on the w-ater. He will return in about 

 two months. 



At this writing, July 7, William 

 Westcott is reported to be resting 

 easily. He went under an operation 

 at St. Timothy's Hospital, Roxboro, on 

 Thursday last and has been a source 

 of grave anxiety to his frineds since. 

 His brother John responds hopefully 

 over the 'phone this afternoon. 



Gus Doemling sailed on the Vater- 

 land, July 7. Mr. Doemling has blos- 

 somed out as one of Philadelphia's 

 most successful rose growers in the 

 past decade. His range of glass is in 

 Delaware County, seven miles outside 

 the city. He made a great hit last 

 winter with Mrs. Charles Russell. 



Cards are out for the wedding of C. 

 Percy Barnard of Northbrook and 

 Jane H. Wickersham, Unionville. for 

 July 15th. Both contracting parties 

 are prominent citizens of Chester Co., 

 Pa., and well known in Philadelphia. 

 The groom is a florist-grower of more 

 than local renown, and Ills hosts of 

 friends rejoice with him on this happy 

 occasion. 



B. Eschner of the M. Rice Co. ar- 

 rived home from his European trip. 

 June 18. on the S. S. Vaterland. He 

 was accompanied on his trip by Mrs. 

 Eschner. They visited Madeira, Al- 

 giers, and took the European points 

 from the southern side, including the 

 International Flower Show at Ham- 

 burg. Incidentally, contracts were 

 made for all the latest novelties in the 

 florists' supply line. 



Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Battles and 

 daughter, Miss Grace Battles, returned 

 from a three-months' European tour on 

 June 26. They visited many metro- 

 politan centers — combining recreation 

 with acquisition of valuable knowledge 

 and experience. They sailed on the 

 Olympic which is the last word of the 

 ■U'hite Star Line and came back on 

 the Aquitania which is the final gasp 

 of the Cunard. Mrs. Battles was the 

 youngest of the family all the time, 

 and comes home greatlv benefited in 

 health. 



A new venture in the retail cut 

 flower and plant business starts here 

 Sept. 1st. Two young men from New 

 York City — Messrs. Verona (of Tre- 

 pel's and Steinhoff (son of the well- 

 known florist of that name) have 

 signed a contract for a term of years 

 with Snellenburg's — one of the biggest 

 and best of this city's department 

 stores — to run a flower department in 

 connection with the general business 

 of the company, and plans are now 



well under way for a first-class propo- 

 sition here, such as Mr. Trepel has 

 made so successful in Manhattan. 

 Good luck to them. We greatly need 

 that sort of enterprise here. 



Visitors: J. J. Gammage, London, 

 Ontario; Messrs. Verona. New York, 

 and Steinhoff. West Hoboken, X. J.; 

 Alexander Canning, Center Square, 

 Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. William. Wein- 

 hoeber, Chicago, Ills.; W. B. Currie, of 

 Currie Bros. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Mr. Redmond, with the S. S. Pen- 

 noek-Meehan Company, is reported as 

 spending a very pleasant vacation at 

 Colonial Beach. 



Work has been begun on the erection 

 of a 400-foot rose house at the Mount 

 Olivet plant of the Gude Bros. Com- 

 pany. This house will probably be de- 

 voted to American Beauty roses. 



Frederick D. Burch, rose grower in 

 charge of several houses operated by 

 Gude Bros., was married on June 30, 

 to Miss Effie J. Adams of this city. 

 James Carroll, American Beauty 

 grower at the Anacostia houses, also 

 took unto himself a bride on the same 

 day. Both of the young couples have 

 the hearty congratulations of their 

 many friends in this city. 



Hardly had the report of the theft of 

 $965 from the safe of the Washington 

 Florists' Exchange been placed on the 

 police records than It was found that 

 the money had been mysteriously re- 

 placed. The money was found missing 

 on a Friday morning, the safe having 

 been left open the night before, but 

 when the door was opened again on 

 the following Sunday, it was intact. 



Florists who have automobiles for 

 personal or delivery purposes are fac- 

 ing an additional tax of from $5 to 

 $7.50 per annum thereon according to 

 the size of each car, a bill providing 

 for such tax having been Introduced 

 into the House of Representatives. 

 Owners of automobiles already pay a 

 personal tax and license tax and they 

 believe that they are more than doing 

 their share. Practically all of the flor- 

 ists here operate machines, many hav- 

 ing several, and as they believe the 

 tax unjust, they will probably do all 

 that they can to defeat the measure. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



W. C. Smith and Mrs. Smith are ojt 

 for a two weeks' vacation trip at 

 Ha, Ha, Tonka, Mo. 



The Steinmesch Seed Co., on the 

 east side of the river, was damaged to 

 the extend of $10,000 by fire on July 2. 



Dr. George T. Moore and Prof. Dug- 

 gar, of Shaw's Garden, will spend most 

 of the summer at Wood's Hole, Mass.. 

 in the JIarine Laboratory. 



John Barnard, who, a month ago, 

 left the O'Leary Floral Co. with $220 

 belonging to the company, has been ar- 

 rested and is charged with embezzle- 

 ment. 



Mr. and Mrs. John Kalish, of the 

 Kalish Bros.' Floral Co., with their 

 mother, left last week for a northern 

 summer trip which will consume three 

 weeks. 



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CHICAGO NOTES. 



The 12 year old son of John Zeek 

 was severely bitten by a vicious dog 

 belonging to a neighbor. It is hoped 

 no serious results will follow. 



The Foley Greenhouse Mfg. Co. are 

 very busy at present. Among their 

 most recent orders is one from the 

 Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa, for a 

 large palm house with two wings with 

 curved eaves, and ten growing houses, 

 all to be of steel construction; also 

 houses for Chapin Bros., Lincoln, Neb, 



The usual summer quiet has settled 

 on the Chicago flower stores. In the 

 grrrnhouses the work of repairing 

 b' iirhes and making necessary 

 changes is or should be well under 

 way. At Frank Oechslin's and other 

 plant growing establishments the bed- 

 ding trade is over and all energies are 

 directed toward getting the cyclamen, 

 poinsettias. begonias and primulas in 

 condition for next winter's blooming. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 

 Pine Bluff, Tenn,— The Bluff City 

 Seed & Floral Company have surren- 

 dered their charter. 



Ogden, Utah. — Ogden Wholesale 

 Floral Company, capital stock, $2, .500, 

 Incorporators E. C. Rich. E. R. Durake, 

 J. Bamberger, P. Healy and J. R. 

 Dumke. 



