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HORTICULTUBE 



November 28, 1914 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



Harry Sedar, who has been with 

 Wax Bros, for the last five years, is 

 now connected with Harry Quint. 



Harry Levis and T. J. Gough of 

 Watertown are progressing with their 

 new dovetail sectional bench, for 

 which patents are pending. They are 

 negotiating with several construction 

 firms tor the sale of their rights. 



The wholesale houses have been 

 quite busy this week, especially the 

 shipping departments. There seems to 

 be no limit to the distance some of 

 them are sending stock. Local trade 

 has also taken a sudden turn for the 

 better and the Thanksgiving business 

 is ejcpected to he about normal. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co.. report plant 

 trade as being very good, the auction 

 rooms providing an acceptable outlet 

 for stock this season. It is hoped 

 that a repetition of last year's craze 

 for artificial materials will not occur. 

 All the wholesale houses are receiving 

 large advance orders for supplies. 



There are indications of a full sup- 

 uly of roses this Christmas. Most of 

 the local growers are pinching back 

 their stock to a greater degree than 

 last year in order to come in for the 

 holidays. One big grower states that 

 Beauties will be the only roses that 

 may shorten up. 



Galvin's Tremont street store win- 

 dows are very attractive just now. We 

 noted an artistic and tasteful display 

 of cattleyas and cypripediums in bas- 

 kets in one window, placed on a 

 ground of light gray velvet. In the 

 other window was an effective arrange- 

 ment of orange trees and cybotiums. 



The annual influx of pot plants is 

 making itself felt to a marked degree. 

 Cyclamens are finding a ready outlet. 

 Azaleas and begonias are also com- 

 ing into their own. Among those who 

 have made extensive preparations to 

 meet the demand for these two popu- 

 lar plants are A. Leuthy, W. W. Edgar 

 Co., A. M. Davenport, Thomas Roland, 

 The Mishawnm Flower Co. and others. 

 In a recent visit to the latter firm the 

 writer noted a splendid lot of azaleas 

 just arrived safely from abroad. Few 

 local growers seem to have suffered 

 losses or extreme delays in foreign 

 shipments on account of the war. 



CHICAGO. 



The sweet peas which were so badly 

 affected by the warm fall weather are 

 now bloonjing again. 



Ernest Oechslin is so far recovered 

 from his recent severe automobile ac- 

 cident as to be able to visit his green- 

 houses. 



A. L. Vaughan says that if he could 

 contract for the growing of ten thou- 

 sand Bonnaffon chrysanthemums for 

 Thanksgiving week, he would feel sat- 

 isfied to see that day come. That is 

 the variety which he depends upon 

 for that time. 



R. G. Kootz, manager for Marshall- 

 Field's late venture into the cut flow- 

 er business, has now opened a retail 

 store at 121 N. Dearborn street. The 

 new firm bears the name of Kootz & 

 Natorp. 



Poehlmann Bros, are now cutting 

 gardenias and the stems measure as 

 long as 12 and 14 inches^ These houses 

 of gardenias are among the latest of 

 their ventures and they are pleased 

 with the results. 



The general air of an approaching 

 holiday prevails in the down town 

 flower stores. The redecoration of the 

 windows with blooming plants has 

 given new life to the stores and even 

 the appearance of business is a long 

 step towards getting it. 



Thanksgiving week finds the chry- 

 santhemum plant season practically 

 closed. Prices have averaged a little 

 lower than usual this year, but the de- 

 mand has been fair. The plantsmen 

 as well as the cut-flower growers are, 

 as ever, pleased to see the chrysanthe- 

 mums come and equally pleased to see 

 them go. In other plants cyclamen 

 and begonias are in good supply. With 

 the prospect of a shortage in azaleas 

 early in the season, larger numbers 

 of cyclamen were started and possibly 

 had extra attention for the stock is 

 unusually fine. Poinsettias are color- 

 ing nicely and have reached a good 

 size. Heather has appeared and will 

 soon be in good supply. Boston ferns 

 have been unusually abundant all the 

 fall and are offered at a low price to 

 make room. 



Two well-known growers of many 

 years experience are preparing to 

 launch into business for themselves in 

 the spring. Guy French, president of 

 of the Chicago Florists' Club, who 

 has had charge of the carnation 

 houses at Poehlmann Bros.' big plant 

 at Morton Grove for many years and 

 Richard Salm who has a like position 

 in the American Beauty houses, will 

 take the new 70,000 feet range at 

 Union Grove, Wis. This was built by 

 Lord & Burnham Co. and was origin- 

 ally intended for the Meredith Flower 

 & Vegetable Co., to supplement their 

 place at Libertyville, but financial en- 

 tanglements forced the new range on 

 the market. It would be difficult to 

 find two men who would start out bet- 

 ter equipped with experience and their 

 friends wish and expect for them, 

 marked success. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The first consignment of plants and 

 bulbs, consisting of 114 crates, for tne 

 three-acre Japanese garden at the Ex- 

 position, was received at the Exposi- 

 tion nursery Nov. 18. 



Dan Lichtenstein, formerly with A. 

 Figone's flower stand in the ferry 

 building, is proprietor of the new 

 Terminal Florist Shop, in a new build- 

 ing on tlie Embarcadero near the foot 

 of Market street. The shop is a small 

 one. but Mr. Lichtenstein expects to do 

 a lively business with incoming tour- 

 ists during the Exposition year. 



B. M. Joseph's new shop on Grant 

 avenue opened Nov. 16 as announced, 

 and proved a great attraction, as the 

 arrangement' is decidedly out of the 

 ordinary. The shop has a very large 

 corner window, which was decorated 

 for the opening with a profusion of 

 stock in great variety. In the decora- 

 tion. Mr, .Joseph secured some bizarre 



Oriental effects, and one novel feature 

 was the use of fruits in connection 

 with flowers for decorative effect. The 

 second floor, devoted to pot plants. Is 

 most eftectively arranged, the floor be- 

 ing deeply sanded and laid off into 

 walks and garden plots in which the 

 plants are displayed. The front is 

 used for ferns, being set off from the 

 rear by the elevator. This is treated 

 in summer-house effect, with a struc- 

 ture of similar appearance on the other 

 side, which is really a small aviary, 

 containing a number of bright-colored 

 birds. 



WASHINGTON. 



The sympathy of the trade is with 

 Mrs. J. A. Phillips, of The Flower 

 Store, 2820 Fourteenth street, North- 

 west, who recently met with the loss 

 of her mother. 



In order to prevent the introduction 

 into this country of what is known as 

 citrus canker, the Department of Ag- 

 riculture will hold a hearing in this 

 city, beginning at 10 o'clock, Tuesday, 

 December 8, on the question of pro- 

 hibiting the importation of citrus nur- 

 sery stock, buds, scions or seeds. 



Maggie Pooley, a member of a gypsy 

 band encamped on the heights of 

 Georgetown has been held under bonds 

 of $1,000 for the action of the grand 

 jury on the charge of robbery, on the 

 compaint of George A. Comley, a flor- 

 ist. The woman, it is said, entered 

 Comley's store and insisted upon be- 

 ing allowed to tell his fortune. At 

 last he consented and paid the woman 

 fifty cents for so doing. Shortly after- 

 ward he found that he had been rob- 

 bed of two one hundred dollar bills 

 and complained to the police. The 

 woman was quickly apprehended and 

 after a long search the money was 

 found cleverly concealed in a loaf of 

 bread. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



St. Louis— A. Zirkman of M. Rice 

 Co., Philadelphia; Paul Berkowitz, of 

 H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; 

 Otto J. Hembreiker, Lincoln, III. 



St. Paul, Minn.— Chas. F. Meyer, 

 New York City; Samuel Seligman, 

 New York City; A. P. Longren, Chi- 

 cago; Mr. Farney. Philadelphia; H. 

 Reynolds, Holland.. 



Chicago, 111. — A. C. Reicher, Michi- 

 gan City, Ind.; J, M, Hoffman, La 

 Porte, Ind.; H. B. Whitted, Minneapol- 

 is, Minn.; Geo. Taylor, Minneapolis, 

 Minn.; F. H. Farney, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Jamieson, Minne- 

 apolis; Sam. Seligman, New York. 



Washington — Charles E. Meehan, of 

 the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Company, 

 Philadelphia. Pa.; E. P. Lovejoy, New 

 York, N. Y. ; William Dykes, represent- 

 ing Jansen & Company, New York, N. 

 Y.; William J. Muth, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 William R. Gray, Oakton. Va.; I. Ros- 

 nosky. representing H. F. Michell Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. H. E. Nesbitt, 

 Front Royal, Va. and W. D. Beers, 

 representing Cordlcy & Haves, New 

 York, N. Y. 



