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HOETICULTUEE 



October 10, 1914 



BOSTON NOTES. 



E. J. Sullivan, buyer for Quinlau 

 Bros., of Lynn, Mass., has returned 

 from bis wedding trip in Washington. 



Street car advertising is to be an 

 important feature of a publicity cam- 

 paign by the Boston fut Flower Co. 

 this winter. 



Francis L. Wheeler of Natick and 

 Ethel M. Coulter were married Sept. 

 23. They have just returned from 

 their trip to Seal Harbor, Me. 



Harry Quint is busy rebuilding the 

 front of his store, at 199 Tremont 

 street. The change will give more 

 glass space and easier entrance. 



Frank P. Putnam of North Tewks- 

 bury, Mass., is cutting the first pom- 

 pon chrysanthemums we have seen 

 this season. This is unusually early. 



Evening classes in agriculture and 

 horticulture will be given each Tues- 

 day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 

 beginning Oct. 13, at the Massachu- 

 setts Institute of Technology, under 

 direction of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce. The lecturers will be mem- 

 bers of Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. The lectures will be popu- 

 lar in form, but scientific and com- 

 prehensive. 



The New England Rose Conserva- 

 tories of Exeter, N. H., are featuring 

 a pink and yellow rose which Mc- 

 Alpine & McDonald are offering under 

 the name of "Peaches and Cream." 

 McAlpine & McDonald have enlarged 

 their floor space, greatly improving 

 the establishment. 



The Black Beauty rose is being sold 

 in large quantities by McAlpine & Mc- 

 Donald. Black Beauty is a prime 

 specialty with this firm and also with 

 the Budlong Rose Co. The color is 

 very dark crimson, reminding some- 

 what of the old favorite H. P., Prince 

 Camille de Rohan. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



Wm. Murphy has returned from the 

 Chenaux Islands. 



Eddie Schwartz and Miss Bertha 

 Frelsh of Dayton, Ky., were married 

 on Tuesday of this week. 



The E. G. Hill Floral Co. have been 

 displaying some very tasty basket ar- 

 rangements in their show windows. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Los Angeles, Cal.— Los Angeles 

 Flower Market, in bankruptcy; assets, 

 $4,505.92. liabilities, $5,559.27. 



Kenosha, Wis.— The failure of the 

 Commercial Savings Bank caused the 

 failure of the United Refrigerator & 

 Ice Machine Comnany. The assets of 

 the latter are given as from $268,000 to 

 $700,000, liabilities, $552,000. A meet- 

 ing of the stockholders was held Sept. 

 29th at the office of the company to 

 consider plans which would enable the 

 firm to continue in business. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Mr. and Mrs. Jas. G. Hancock are 

 taking a short trip through the south, 

 stopping at Mobile and New Orleans. 



Andrew McAdams, well-known for- 

 mer Chicago florist, has returned 

 from Florida and is greeting his 

 many friends. 



Many improvements are now com- 

 pleted at Portage Park, and the com- 

 mittee is sending out lists of stock 

 required, for prices on shrubbery, etc. 



At Peter Reinberg's store. Manager 

 Reichling states that the Hadley rose 

 is not proving a good commercial va- 

 riety and they will not grow it an- 

 other year. That the flowers do not 

 average of suflBcient size seems to be 

 the chief objection. 



Frank Oechslin has received two 

 car loads of azaleas and anotlier is 

 on the way to be followed by smaller 

 shipments. Prospects are that all 

 azalea orders will be filled in full, 

 and it is quite possible that the mar- 

 ket may suffer from oversupply the 

 same as in the bulb situation. 



The opening of the flower depart- 

 ment in Marshall Field's took place 

 today with Robert Roots in charge. 

 He has had several years of experi- 

 ence, but the conditions are so differ- 

 ent that his position w^ill not be an 

 easy one. All arrangements are made 

 for doing a large business and a spe- 

 cial delivery car will be for the use 

 of the new department. 



A twenty dollar bill was given in 

 payment for $7.50 worth of flowers 

 Saturday, at the Schiller store -on the 

 north side. When the flowers were 

 delivered it was discovered that the 

 man was a fraud and the bill was 

 counterfeit. He had his $12.50 in 

 change, but was caught and arrested. 

 The man answers to the name of 

 John Morton and comes from outside 

 of Chicago. His case is now in court. 



The Foley Greenhouse Mfg. Co. be- 

 gin the erection of the greenhouses 

 at Purdue University this week where 

 they now have three car loads of ma- 

 terial. The range for the University 

 of Illinois at Urbana is now com- 

 pleted and the Foleys are putting in 

 the heating system. Philip Foley. 

 Jr., who spent the summer working 

 on the Purdue job is back for his 

 senior year in high school, where he 

 rejoices in being the manager of the 

 foot ball team. 



The opening of the new Continental 

 and Commercial National Bank af- 

 forded a veritable flower show to 

 Chicago patrons and the public in 

 general. The new 21-story building 

 occupies the entire block from La 

 Salle street to Fifth avenue and from 

 Adams to Quincy streets, and is the 

 home of three banks. The floral offer- 

 ings were telegraphed from all over the 

 country and the retailers all seemed 

 to have their share. Harry Rowe 

 captured probably the largest order 

 which called for 2,100 American 

 Beauties. 



The broad walk around the "island" 

 in the center of the banking floor was 



CHICAGO 



And Neighboring Towns 



Are Thoronchly C*i'«red by 



SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



(Member Florists Telegraph Delirery). 



Flowergram or Mail Orders from florlats 

 anywhere carefully filled aad delivered 

 under the sapervlslon of 



GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



2221-2223 W. Madison SL, CHICAGO. 



'Phone West 822 



a promenade, boardered with huge 

 vases and baskets of long stemmed 

 Beauties and large chrysanthemums. 

 The table in the oflice of President 

 Reynolds was covered over with bou- 

 quets of choicest orchids and roses 

 and lily of the valley. About 150 

 bouquets and baskets were on this 

 floor and about half as many were 

 on the lower floor. If such events 

 could occur each week Chicago flor- 

 ists would greatly appreciate them. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Neighborhood flower shows are 

 growing to be very popular in Wash- 

 ington and this love of flowers is be- 

 ing fostered by a number of the local 

 florists who see a resulting increased 

 demand for flowers of the hothouse 

 variety. The show at Brookland is a 

 big event in that locality and many 

 good displays are made. This year a 

 number of the members of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture living in 

 Brookland and who grow flowers as 

 amateurs entered the lists. On the 

 occasion of the first annual flower 

 show of the Petworth Citizens' Asso- 

 ciation, exhibits were made by thirty- 

 five amateur growers of flowers and 

 potted plants. The hall was decorated " 

 by Wm. F. Gude, who holds member- 

 ship in the organization. The judges 

 were George H. Cooke, George W. 

 Hess, C. W. Colliere and John Cotton 

 Smith. 



John R. McLean's residence will 

 soon be equipped with as finely an 

 appointed conservatory as is to be 

 found in this section of the country. 

 The George A. Puller Company will 

 construct the conservatory upon plans 

 prepared by John R. Pope, of New 

 York, and the work It is estimated 

 will cost $22,000. It will adjoin the 

 banquet hall, and admission can be 

 gained from that room and from the 

 tapestry rooms through swinging 

 doors of glass. Panels of cast stone 

 are to be set in the walls and pillars 

 within the room will be of the same 

 material. It is planned to place a 

 large statue of Neptune, with a pool 

 of water supplied from a fountain at 

 the base. Banks of moss will line the 

 walls and the conservatory will be 

 stocked with a large collection of 

 rare plants. 



Thomas Young, Jr., is again located 

 on Fifth avenue. New York, on the 

 east side of the avenue, two doors 

 from the southeast corner. In the opin- 

 ion of HoRTicuLivHE. this is a magnif- 

 icent location. 



