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HOETICULTUEE 



September 26, 1914 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



A. Ringier is again able to be at his 

 office at W. W. Barnard's, after a se- 

 vere illness. 



At A. Lange's, customers leaving the 

 store are presented with tliree roses 

 which is a timely form of advertising. 



Dearborn street has not been a par- 

 ticularly good street for florists but 

 Ronsley, Florist, is starting there and 

 his friends wish him success. 



Paul Reissig will operate the River- 

 side Greenhouses for the owner, who 

 has not succeeded in disposing of the 

 property which he purchased in the 

 settling of the Reissig estate. 



As usual Poehlmann Bros are ex- 

 hibiting at the Illinois State Fair at 

 Springfield. August Poehlmann is rep- 

 resenting the firm; G. A. Anderson, the 

 plant department; and A. F. Longren, 

 the supplies. 



The new flower department at Mar- 

 shall Field's failed to open this week. 

 The installation of the fixtures which 

 are of mahogany like the rest of the 

 store, is progressing as rapidly as pos- 

 sible. Another department will also 

 be operated in the basement. 



The azalea and bulb situation is 

 summed up by the large dealers in 

 Chicago as a great source of annoy- 

 ance. The bulb orders now seem to 

 be filled in full and in addition this 

 market is likely to be demoralized by 

 having the stock which usually went 

 to the warring countries, dumped upon 

 it at prices much below contract rates. 

 Most growers had given up azaleas 

 and a big stock of other import plants 

 planned for, but during the past week 

 bills have begun to come in from stock 

 already shipped. 



The past week saw two openings on 

 Wabash avenue. Harry Rowe Co. ask 

 for both wholesale and retail patron- 

 age, and have a very light and commo- 

 dious place on the ground floor at 160 

 N. Wabash. The retail salesroom is 

 nearly square, a good shape for artis- 

 tic arrangement and for convenience. 

 The rear room is large and much of it 

 double decked. Frank Potocka is al- 

 ready doing business but will have a 

 more formal opening next Saturday. 

 The Frank Co. is a wholesale commis- 

 sion house and its basement rooms at 

 the corner of Wabash Ave. and Lake 

 . street are very light. Frank is well 

 known and liked in the market. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



P. C. Viereck, retail florist, Colum- 

 bus, O.. is reported in bankruptcy. 



Houston, Texas — Receivership pro- 

 ceedings have been instituted against 

 the Alvin-Japanese Nursery Co. 



KOMADA BROS. 



Manufacturers of all KmcU'of 



WIRE DESIGNS and FLORISTS SUPPLIES 

 1008 Vine St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



As a result of an explosion of gas 

 in a conduit on Twenty-second street, 

 a horse owned by Charles H. Merry- 

 man, which was standing directly over 

 a manhole, was so badly hurt that it 

 had to be shot and several persons nar- 

 rowly escaped injury. 



Frank Bolgiano, son of the head of 

 the firm of F. W. Bolgiano & Co., met 

 with quite a severe accident last week, 

 his right wrist being broken while 

 he was cranking his machine. He was 

 assisted to his home and while his 

 arm will remain in a sling for some 

 time he will soon be able to be about. 



The business of the Washington 

 Florists' Exchange at 1214 F street. 

 Northwest, has been taken over by the 

 Leo Niessen Company of Philadelphia. 

 At this store hereafter much larger 

 stocks will be carried and an effort 

 will be made to secure a share of the 

 southern business. Negotiations have 

 already been entered into for the sup- 

 ply of seasonable goods. Albert 

 Schnell will remain at the store as its 

 manager. 



The growers in and around Wash- 

 ington are complaining of a difficulty 

 in the production of dahlias this sea- 

 son. It seems that the plants grow to 

 unseeming height, some Brutons nine 

 feet high, and the flowers mature only 

 in spots. One of the large growers 

 states that after staking and tying his 

 plants he was forced to repeat the 

 operation and at that the branches 

 filled up the alleys left between the 

 rows. There are a large proportion of 

 blind eyes and the buds seem to liave 

 been injured in some manner and the 

 stalks are very brittle. The intense 

 heat of the summer cannot be blamed 

 for this condition for the past two 

 weeks have been very cool and this 

 should have brought the dahlias out in 

 large quantities. The trouble is not 

 with any one variety or grower, for 

 complaints are coming from all direc- 

 tions. 



Mr. and Mrs. W, F. Gude, George W. 

 Hess, Supt. of the Botanic Gardens, F. 

 V. Mulford of the Dept. of Agriculture, 

 Mr. and Mrs. R. Vincent, Jr., of White 

 Marsh. Md., Jesse King, Mt. Airy, Md., 

 Robert Creager, Thurmont. Md., and 

 Peter Groff. Frederick, Md.. were 

 among the members of the receiving 

 party at the reception tendered by 

 Frank Hargett. of Frederick, Md., to 

 the visiting liorticulturists on the occa- 

 sion of the opening of an exhibition 

 flower garden at his home in that city. 



The reception and exhibition form a 

 part of Mr. Hargott's campaign for a 

 juiblic park and flower garden, and to 

 show- just what could be done by the 

 people of Frederick to beautify their 

 city, the Department of Agriculture, 

 the Botanic Gardens, Gude Bros.. W. 

 Atlee Burpee, Henry F. Michell. Rob- 

 ert Craig Co.. Peter Henderson & Co., 

 R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., Conard & 

 Jones, A. N. Pierson. Inc., David Groff. 

 John Cook, Henry Bester & Sons, and 

 Jesse P. King, made large contribu- 

 tions of plants and cut flowers. Each 

 offering was neatly tagged to show the 

 name of the donor. The grounds were 

 attractively decorated with electric 

 lights and in the center of the main 

 display was an electric fountain. Re- 

 freshments were served throughout 



CHICAGO 



And Neighboring To^vns 



Are Tboroashly Covered hj 



SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



(Member Florists Telegraph Delirery). 



Flowers:rani or Mall Orders from florlsii 

 anywhere carefnlly filled aad delivered 

 nnder the BOperTUion of 



GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



2221-2223 W. Madison SL, CHICAGO. 



'Phone WmI S22 



REUTER'S 



MenWi Floriitt 



Telegnpk 



Delivery 



STORES IN 



New London and Norwich, Conn, 

 and Westerly, R. I. 



Wo cover the territory between 



New Haven and Providence 



the evening and more than two hun- 

 dred guests enjoyed themselves to the 

 utmost. The presentation of a hand- 

 some collection of dahlias by Mr. Vin- 

 cent proved quite a surprise to Mr. 

 Hargett and these were placed on ex- 

 hibition in the latter's home. 



Among the speakers were Milton O. 

 Urner, of Frederick, who introduced 

 Mr. Gude as the master of ceremo- 

 nies, the latter giving a very interest- 

 ing talk on the good work done by Mr. 

 Hargett; Messrs. Vincent, Hess, Mul- 

 ford, Bert W. Anspon, of Maryland Ag- 

 ricultural College, Dr. Joseph H. Apple, 

 president of Hood College; Oliver 

 Wrenn, Dr. C. T. Forester, and Prof. 

 Sidney Stabler. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — Following a dis- 

 pute over a transfer, H. W. Reiman 

 was knocked from a street car by the 

 conductor and badly bruised and cut. 

 The conductor was arrested on a 

 charge of assault and battery. 



Pittsburgh, Pa.— The McCallum 

 Company, wholesale florists, suffered a 

 loss of about $1000 on their stock, in a 

 fire which caused heavy damages In 

 the block in which their store is lo- 

 cated, on the night of September 15. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — The Wealthy 

 Street Floral Company is building a 

 conservatory for the better display of 

 flowering plants. The building will be 

 fi.'?x20 feet and about 20 feet in height, 

 with plate glass front and distinctly 

 ornamental in design. 



Waltham, Mass. — James T. Sillman, 

 florist, undertook to crank a motor 

 truck as it stood at the curb before 

 his shop on September 23. But the 

 clutch was on, and the car ran over 

 him. But ten feet ahead, Wm. C. 

 Howe was cranking his small car, 

 when the truck, running wild, hit it in 

 the rear. Mr. Howe was knocked down 

 and both his own car and the truck 

 passed over him. Howe is on the dan- 

 gerous list. Sillman is bruised. 



