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HORTICULTURE 



December 5, 1914 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



Cattleyas received from F. J. Dolan- 

 sky are among the best ever seen in 

 Boston. Mr. Dolansky ships over 75 

 blooms to his salesman. A. G. Pem- 

 broke, daily, and is the only local 

 grower of gardenias and cattleyas 

 cutting in large quantities. 



Henrj' J. Haas, market salesman for 

 W. H. Elliott, for several years, has 

 started a very promising career as 

 commission merchant this week, sell- 

 ing the product of Elijah Cartwright 

 and A. G. Cartwright of Waltham. X. 

 F. Comley of Burlington, and others. 



Violets at 50c. per bunch seem to 

 strike the popular fancy. The Boston 

 Cut Flower Co. say they have tried 

 selling them at larger figures, but 

 have come to the conclusion that 

 when the retail price does not exceed 

 the fifty-cent limit they give greater 

 satisfaction to the buying public and 

 to the dealer also. 



Wax Brothers make a special fea- 

 ture of displaying pot plants on the 

 sidewalk under their show window, 

 when weather conditions allow — an ex- 

 cellent business help when a store is 

 so located as to have this privilege. 

 Wax Bros, have made a number of pro- 

 gressive innovations which we may 

 have occasion to niention in detail 

 later on. 



Bachelor Buttons do not seem to be 

 as favorably received here as they are 

 in New York and some local growers 

 ship the best part of their corn flower 

 crop to other markets. This is 

 especially so with Louis Small of 

 Tewksbury, one of our "Bachelor 

 Button" experts, who finds Boston a 

 very poor outlet for his specialty. Mr. 

 Small also grows carnations of fine 

 quality, which he markets through W. 

 R. Holden. 



The get-rich-quick men seem to find 

 Boston and vicinity a prolific field for 

 crooked operations. This time it is a 

 man. lieht coniplexinned, weighing 

 about 160 lbs., and wearing a Spanish 

 War Veteran button who is working 

 the check game. His practice is to 

 order a design or box of cut flowers 

 and offer to pay for it with a check 

 on the Lowell National Bank larger 

 than the amount of the order, asking 

 for the difference in change. Several 

 local florists have already been stung. 

 The checks are signed with the name 

 of Baker. 



Again we hear of a retail florist 

 brought before the municipal court on 

 the charge of selling flowers on Sun- 

 day. This time it is one of the most 

 prominent and successful florists of 

 Boston. Definite concerted action by 

 the trade on this matter might either 

 secure legislation for all florists to 

 keep open or bring about a private 

 agreement for all to keep closed. The 

 prestige of the business is much hurt 

 by these attempts to disregard the 

 law. If the good of the retailers is 

 enhanced by selling flowers on Sun- 

 day, let it be done legally and not sur- 

 reptitiously In street fakir fashion. 



ALTAR DECORATION FOR PAN-AMERICAN CELEBRATION. 



Washington, D. C. — The floral fea- 

 liire of tlie |)ast week was the I'an 

 .\merican celebration at St. Patrick's 

 church. For this occasion the church 

 was decorated by Gude Bros, with 

 palms, ferns and yellow chrysanthe- 

 mums and with these the altar was 

 banked to a height of forty feet. At 

 different points above the altar white 



doves, emblematic of peace, were sus- 

 pended by fine wires. At the elabo- 

 r3te luncheon which followed the table 

 decorations consisted of yellow roses 

 and chrysanthemums and ferns with 

 a white dove as a central figure. The 

 room itself was attractively decorated 

 with palms, ferns and yellow chrysan- 

 themums. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



Pelicano, Rossi & Co., the Kearny 

 street florists, are starting a billboard 

 advertising campaign. 



Chas. Steppenbach, jiroprietor of the 

 .American F'lorist shop on Polk street, 

 near Sutter, has just returned from a 

 two months' trip through the Atlantic 

 states. 



The San Francisco Seed Company is 

 working on a contract for a large 

 planting ot Monterey cypress trees for 

 a new Chinese cemetery at Colma. 

 sotith of San Francisco. 



The Hanford Floral Company, the 

 new shop at Hanford, Cal., held a for- 

 mal opening on the evening of Nov. 

 20. The store is under the manage- 

 ment of R. D. Paul. 



Mr. Prager, in charge of the gar- 

 dening for the Oakland parks, is mov- 

 ing a lo.t of shrubbery from north of 

 I^ake Merritt to the filled-in ground 

 on the south side. He is also begin- 

 ning planting operations on several 

 new parks in the eastern part of the 

 city. 



The MacRorie-McLaren Company re- 

 cently received a shipment of six car- 

 loads of nursery stock, including hol- 

 lies, rhododendrons, aucubas and box. 

 This company has been making heavy 



deliveries of plants to the Santa Vene- 

 tia summer residence park near San 

 Rafael, Cal. 



Dr. John Nolen, of Boston, Mass., 

 has been conferring with the city com- 

 missioners of Sacramento, Cal., in re- 

 gard to plans for the beautification of 

 the city by landscape work. He has 

 just left on his return trip, and will 

 stop oft' to look after some work in 

 progress at Kansas City. 



G. Rossi & Co., who have been con- 

 ducting wholesale establishments, spe- 

 cializing on greens, at 640 Geary 



CHICAGO 



And Neighboring Towns 



Are Thoroarhlr 0*Tered bj 



SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



(Member Florists Telegraph Dellrery). 



Flowerfram or Mall Orders frem flerUtt 

 •nywbere rarefally filled aad deUT«r*4 

 onder the BaperTUlon of 



GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



2221-2223 W. MadiMRSL, CHICAGO. 



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