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HOKTICULTUKE 



October 3, 1914 



PHILADELPHI/irNOTES. 



Louis Burk will erect a new show 

 conservatory for a collection of fancy 

 flowering and foliage plants recently 

 purchased in England. It will be 18 

 by 80 feet, Lord & Burnham, and lo- 

 cated at his present range, Fishers 

 Lane and Wyoming ave. 



The Henry F. Michell Company's 

 Sixth Annual Exhibition of dahlias 

 and vegetables on September 22 to 26, 

 was a grand success, drawing to the 

 store large crowds of flower lovers as 

 well as professional growers. About 

 five thousand flowers were on exhibi- 

 tion and great rivalry was manifested 

 among competing exhibitors. In the 

 dahlia class William Robertson, super- 

 intendent for J. W. Pepper carried off 

 most of the prizes, while Robert J. 

 Morrow, superintendent for the estate 

 of George 1. Bodine was a close sec- 

 ond. A display that was especially 

 noted was one made by Mrs. J. Gard- 

 ner Cassatt consisting of a set of 

 twelve seedling dahlias, the like of 

 which has seldom been seen before. 

 They were produced by her gardener 

 Thomas Holland, and were the cen- 

 ter of attraction throughout the show. 

 The exhibition was such a great suc- 

 cess that the company will hold a sec- 

 ond show on October 1, 2 and 3, at 

 the Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, 

 N. J. 



Recent diplomatic events impressed 

 us with the idea that there is a big 

 difference between a diplomat and a 

 genius. As is usual when we are puz- 

 zled we ask whoever may be at our 

 elbow. In this instance it happened to 

 be Doc. Lane. Said he: "A genius? 

 Why, a genius is a fellow who can 

 make something out of nothing." That 

 sounded too much like the Creator of 

 the Universe for us, so we next went 

 to Little Tommy, the 70-year-old waiter 

 at the Bellevue, who won the prize 

 last year on the definition of a diplo- 

 mat. Tommy answered right off the 

 reel in a flash "A genius? Why, that's 

 a man who has good thoughts — and 

 always gets left." That doesn't sound 

 right either. McNab's definition of a 

 genius — (under compulsion from Rob- 

 ert Craig): — "An editor who retrains 

 from cutting out all the interesting 

 parts from my masterpieces." 



T. Claiborne Dobbins: "A genius 

 is a man who is a wonder in his art." 



William Burchard: "A genius is a 

 man out of the ordinary." Commo- 

 dore Westcott was listening and he 

 thought Burchard was just right — so 

 we shall have to wait until the Com- 

 modore has forgotten that before we 

 get him. Now, just what is a genius? 

 We offer a valuable prize for the best 

 answer. The award will be made next 

 Christmas. Twenty-five words the lim- 

 it. Personalities barred. This has noth- 

 ing to do with affiliation. Our idea is 

 to try to keep them affiliated while we 

 have them — and not to encourage 

 seceders. So don't work affiliation into 

 this contest. G. C. W. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Jack Philipps is spending several 

 weeks visiting his relatives in Toledo, 

 Ohio. 



Frank Keefer has left the employ 

 of Gude Bros. Company, to accept a 

 position in the store of his uncle in 

 Des Moines, Iowa. 



The branch of the Flower Shop at 

 3211 Mount Pleasant street has been 

 opened tor the season and a new Ford 

 delivery wagon secured for this store. 

 C. A. Machen will look after this 

 business. 



Karl F. Kellerman has been appoint- 

 ed assistant chief of the bureau of 

 plant industry, of the Department of 

 Agriculture, to fill a vacancy caused 

 by the resignation of L. C. Corbett 

 which was submitted in order that he 

 might become chief in the office of 

 the bureau of horticulture. 



The store of F. H. Kramer, has been 

 redecorated and repainted and a num- 

 ber of minor repairs made in the con- 

 servatory. A small room has been 

 built at the rear to provide accommo- 

 dations for the bookkeeper and cash- 

 ier and a small private office for Mr. 

 Kramer. These improvements have 

 greatly added to the appearance of 

 the store. 



George H. Cooke is preparing to 

 move to the new store now undergo- 

 ing construction next to the one from 

 which he was forced to move several 

 months ago. When the work is com- 

 pleted Mr. Cooke will have one of the 

 finest stores in the city. Edward 

 Niedomanski, with George H. Cooke, 

 spent several days camping and fish- 

 ing at Catoctin, Md., where Mr. Cooke 

 maintains a camp during the summer. 

 New heating arrangements are be- 

 ing made in the matter of heating 

 the greenhouses at Gallaudet College. 

 The old heating apparatus contained 

 within the houses is being pulled out 

 and new pipes run to the plant that 

 takes care of the college buildings. 

 The space formerly occupied by the 

 boiler will be used for storage and 

 other purposes. The work comes at 

 a time when Mr. Mangum, the head 

 gardener at the college, has just got 

 his houses in shape for the winter. 



The steamer Westerdyck, which ar- 

 rived at Baltimore last week, brought 

 over a large consignment of bulbs 

 from Holland for Fred H. Kramer 

 and about completed the orders placed 

 by him with the European growers 

 before the war. Mr. Kramer states 

 that he has had but very little dif- 

 ficulty in securing his shipments. On 

 this boat were also twenty-three cases 

 of Holland bulbs intended for planting 

 in the parks and around the While 

 House, and an order has been issued 

 admitting these bulbs free of duty. 



Otto Bauer, who for the past nine or 

 ten years has been connected with the 

 Washington Florists' Company, has ac- 

 cepted the position of manager for the 

 S. S. Pennock-Meehan Company, at 

 1216 H street. Mr. Bauer will be suc- 

 ceeded as manager of the Washington 

 Florists' Company by J. Harper Heth- 

 erington, who has been with the firm 

 for nearly four years. Mr. Hethering- 

 ton is a very energetic young chap 

 and during his stay of nearly six years 

 in Washington he has made a host of 

 friends, all of whom wish him success 

 in his new position. He is a graduate 



CHICAGO 



And Neighboring To^vns 



Are Thorooffhly C*r«red hj 



SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



(Member Florists Telegraph Dellyiery). 



Flowercram or Mall Orders from florlata 

 anywhere carefaUy filled aad dellT«r«4 

 onder the snperTision of 



GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



2221-2223 W. MadisaR St, CHICAGO. 



'Phone Wnt 822 



of the Century Flower Shop, in Phila- 

 delphia, having learned the trade un- 

 der H. H. Battles. Mr. Bauer is an 

 ex-president of the Florists' Club, and 

 has taken a prominent part in the 

 work of that organization and of the 

 S. A. F. and O. H. He. too, has the 

 best wishes of his friends in the trade 

 for his future success. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Carl Poehlmann. son of Mr. and 

 Mrs. August Poehlmann, who gradu- 

 ated from Western Military Academy 

 last June, has entered the Horticul- 

 tural Department of the University of 

 Illinois. 



A new pink snapdragon from Chas. 

 Rathjen's place, in Janesville. Wis., is 

 being tested at Poehlmann Bros. It 

 is not extremely large but is of a 

 beautiful tint of pink and has splendid 

 keeping qualities. The lower florets 

 do not wither but keep bright and 

 firm while the upper ones unfold. 



Phil Schupp has lily of the valley 

 pips sufficient to last until next June 

 and does not expect to increase his 

 price because of the chances of not 

 being able to secure more. Recent 

 letters received tend to confirm the 

 doubts regarding this stock rather 

 than to dispel them. There is no 

 question now but what azaleas are 

 coming over quite as fast as they are 

 welcome. Holland bulb men are fol- 

 lowing up their letters in person. 

 There will be plenty of explanations 

 needed. , 



TENNESSEE GETTING BUSY. 



A. H. Dailey, C. W. Crouch, Chas, 

 L. Baum and Roy Baum attended the 

 State Fair at Nashville. They noted 

 but very few florists' displays and at- 

 tribute this to the fact that the flor- 

 ists of the state are not organized. 

 They spent a good portion of their 

 time with the Nashville florists en- 

 couraging them to organize a society 

 similar to the one in Knoxville. By 

 getting several of the larger cities or- 

 ganized it will be an easy matter to 

 form a state organization. The Nash- 

 ville florists are all energetic and wide- 

 awake and there is no plausible rea- 

 son why they should not have one of 

 the largest and best organizations in 

 the South. Mr. Baum also solicited 

 members for the S. A. F. & O. H. and 

 was successful in getting several prom- 

 ises. They stopped in Chattanooga 

 and called on the florists of that city 

 also. Mr. Dailey who was one of the 

 judges of the vegetable exhibit at the 

 fair, says, "Everything came up to the 

 usual high standard." 



