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HOETICULTURE 



February 24, 1917 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



Mrs. H. D. Schiller is recovering 

 from an operation for appendicitis at 

 St. Joseph's hospital. 



The firm of Erne & Klingel becomes 

 Erne & Co. through the sale of the in- 

 terest of Fred. L. Klingel, who retires 

 on account of poor health. 



George Asmus is suffering from a 

 very severe attack of rheumatism and 

 has been confined to his home at 2309 

 Warren Ave. for two weeks. 



A new wholesale store made its ap- 

 pearance this week in the heart of the 

 wholesale district. Wiltgen & Freres 

 are to be found at 173 N. Wabash 

 Avenue, in the basement of the new 

 E. C. Amling store. 



Among the St. Valentine's Day nov- 

 elties were the surprise boxes offered 

 by the A. L. Randall Co. They con- 

 tained a heart-shaped receptacle for 

 holding a corsage, making a very at- 

 tractive appearance whether open or 

 closed. 



Since the florists' business is no 

 longer the dead affair in summer that 

 it used to be it is not unusual for heads 

 of large houses to slip away for a 

 winter vacation. A. L. Randall and 

 Manager F. M. Johnson made some of 

 theirs by a trip to Cuba from which 

 they have just returned. 



Since the organization of the Amer- 

 ican Bulb Co., a few months ago, the 

 firm has done a great deal of business, 

 but they are always reaching out for 

 more. Members of the firm are on the 

 road constantly. Sam Seligman's pro- 

 posed trip to Japan has been called off 

 for the present owing to international 

 complications. 



At Wm. J. Smythe's store at Michi- 

 gan Ave. and 31st St., business has 

 been highly satisfactory all the season. 

 The improvements made last summer 

 have proved the advertising value of 

 a large, well kept window. Mr. 

 Smythe has the largest in the city. 

 Valentine business was heavy in cor- 

 sages of violets and orchids, as well as 

 in plants. 



Miss Schiller has returned from 

 Mexico and Arizona, where she was 



Order Early! 



Easter Supplies, Seeds, Bulbs, 

 Planting Stock of all kinds. 

 Glass, Heating Apparatus. 

 Look out for the Freight 

 Embargo. Order from Ad- 

 vertisers in Horticulture. 



Order Early! 



called on account of the critical ill- 

 ness of her sister's husband, Walter 

 Hilliar. He was able to return home 

 with them. The wedding of Reinhold 

 Schiller, who is in charge of the down- 

 town store, and Miss Alice White took 

 place at the bride's home, 5310 W. .Mon- 

 roe St., Wednesday, Feb. 21st, and they 

 started at once for a honeymoon in the 

 south. 



The Misses Edna Frauenfelder and 

 Bonni6 Cody gave a successful Valen- 

 tine masquerade at the store at 3343 

 W. Madison St., last Saturday evening. 

 The counters were pushed back and 

 about fifty young people danced to tne 

 music of a Victrola, while overhead 

 were decorations suitable to the mem- 

 ory of St. Valentine. Refreshments 

 were served. Miss Frauenfelder is 

 her father's right hand "man" in the 

 store, and her exhibit at the La Salle 

 Hotel at the recent flower show will 

 be remembered as particularly artistic. 



Mrs. J. Simpson had special window 

 decorations for Valentine's Day at 

 both stores, 3656 Ogden Ave. and 432 

 N. Parkside Ave. The chief feature 

 was a chariot, driven by a cupid and 

 drawn by butterflies which a current 

 of air from an electric fan kept in con- 

 stant motion. It added much to the 

 attractiveness of the store, where Val- 

 entine trade was especially good in 

 plants and plant baskets. In cut 

 flowers, corsages of sweet peas and 

 violets led. Telegraph orders for that 

 day were much more frequent than 

 ever before. 



PITTSBURGH. 



DeForrest W. Ludwig, who, with 

 Mrs. Ludwig, is spending the winter 

 in Los Angeles, California, is engaged 

 in some commission work for the A. 

 L. Randall Company of Chicago. 



Edward J. Baumbach, salesman and 

 designer for the E. C. Ludwig Com- 

 pany, who has been seriously ill for 

 the past three weeks with pneumonia, 

 is now thought to be out of danger. 



Murray A. McGrew, head salesman 

 for G. P. Weaklin & Company, has the 

 sympathy of his friends in the danger- 

 ous illness of Mrs. McGrew, whose con- 

 dition at time of writing is considered 

 critical. 



Many firms lost more or less through 

 improperly packed shipments during 

 the recent inclement weather. Con- 

 siderable discomfort was experienced 

 at various places owing to lack of gas 

 for heating and many were obliged to 

 turn to coal and wood for the time 

 being. 



Beginning about ten days before 

 St. Valentine's Day, Randolph & Mc- 

 Clements had a succession of window 

 displays on alternating days, each 

 seeming to surpass its predecessor 

 in charm and cleverness of design. 

 The final exhibition found the wide 

 window ledge filled with Cupid figures 

 and Colonial bouquets, in artistic con- 

 fusion. On the floor were large hand- 

 some boxes tied with broad satin rib- 

 bons, several being open and filled 

 with long-stemmed flowers. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 The police are looking for a man 

 who last week passed a fraudulent 

 check for $5 on Fred H. Kramer. The 

 man gave a $2.50 order and received 

 the balance in change. Later the check 

 came back from the bank unhonored. 

 It bears the signature of "P. S. Rain- 

 ey," and is made payable to "L. O'Dea." 



NEW YORK. 



In our mention of the new city head- 

 quarters of the Beechwood Heights 

 Nurseries of Bound Brook, N. J., at 57 

 West 28th street, we inadvertently 

 mentioned it as the Bound Brook Nur- 

 series, which is another and quite dif- 

 ferent concern. 



PERSONAL. 



Announcement is made of the wed- 

 ding to take place next April, of Louis 

 Wesch and Miss Alice Marret, daugh- 

 ter of Jos. E. Marret, florist, Louisville, 

 Ky. 



Announcement has just been made 

 of the marriage on January 11, of John 

 R. Coombs, of Coombs Brothers, West 

 Hartford, Conn., to Miss Isabelle 

 Checkers. 



Charles Rodgers, formerly with the 

 King Construction Company, is now 

 with the Metropolitan Material Com- 

 pany as foreman of greenhouse con- 

 struction. 



William P. McGranahan, who has 

 been caretaker and gardener of the 

 Coles estate. In Bar Harbor, Me., for 

 the past 19 years, has gone to Philadel- 

 phia where he has taken a position. 



Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Hall, par- 

 ents of Harold R. Hall, Main street, 

 Taunton, Mass., observed the fiftieth 

 anniversary of their wedding day at 

 their home in Fairhaven, on Monday, 

 February 12. 



Milford Irving is now manager of 

 the Backer & Co. greenhouses in Bille- 

 rica, Mass., having taken the place of 

 Gustav Thommen, who resigned his 

 position in Billerica to move to Read- 

 ing, where he has purchased a farm. 



Gentlemen: 



The first Insertion of my ad. in 

 the Buyers' Directory in HORTI- 

 CULTlbuRE was sufficient to 

 dispose of my entire stock of 

 gladioli and the second would 

 better have been omitted as I am 

 unable to fill the many orders 

 which have resulted. Don't in- 

 sert it again. I am agreeably sur- 

 prised at the results from so 

 small an ad. Soon 1 shall have 

 some other stock rsadv and I will 

 sell it through HORTICULTURE. 

 M. P. HAENDLER. 



