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H B T I C U L T U R E 



March 10, 1917 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



A card from Tokyo, Japan, an- 

 nounces tlie arrival there of E. H. Wil- 

 son, wife and daughter, on February 8. 

 after a very pleasant voyage. 



Charles and Everett Cummings, of 

 Woburn, threaten a suit for damages 

 against the adjoining town of Burling- 

 ton on account of water which flooded 

 their greenhouses, due, it is alleged, to 

 the freezing up of Burlington catch 

 basins. 



n. Hammond Tracy, o^ Cedar Acres, 

 Wenham, Mass., has received word 

 from his son. B. Hammond Tracy, Jr., 

 ■who sailed on the Chicago, of his safe 

 arrival at Bordeaux, en route to Paris, 

 where he takes up the American Am- 

 bulance work in connection with the 

 Harvard Unit. 



Former Mayor John M. Woods, of 

 Somerville, is to encourage the culti- 

 vating of vegetables on vacant lots 

 among the children of that city by 

 offering $50 in prizes for the four best 

 gardens. Mr. Woods suggests that 

 where the city can it should plough 

 nil all the soil to help the children out. 



J. J. Karins, of Dreer's, is showing 

 Boston growers a new fern which is 

 looked upon with much favor — Neph- 

 rolepis exaltata Norwood. In habit it 

 is quite distinct from all the other 

 forms of Nephrolepis. It is strong 

 and sturdy without being ungraceful 

 and has a poise which is lacking in 

 others of similar type. Its finished 

 character in the small sizes is a char- 

 acteristic which will be especially ap- 

 preciated. It originated with Robert 

 Craig Co. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 discussed the plant Importation prob- 

 lem and the effects on American hor- 

 ticultural industries of the proposed 

 prohibitor.-\- legislation, at its meeting 

 on Wednesday evening, March 6. 

 Guests present were: D. M. Rogers of 

 the insect inspection force in Massa- 

 chusetts, J. J. Karins of H. A. Ilreer, 

 Philadelphia, and Ernest Saunders, 

 Lewiston, Me. The table was beauti- 

 fully decorated with sprays of Clema- 

 tis indivisa from Wm. Anderson, cin- 

 erarias from R. & J. Farquhar & Co.. 

 and carnations from C. S. Strout. 



NEW YORK. 



Theodore Roehrs is recovering nicely 

 from the broken arm which he got 

 from a fall on the ice a tew weeks ago. 



Clarence Slinn has bought the whole- 

 sale flower business of D. C. Arnold at 

 112 West 28th street, and will have the 

 sale of the product of the Arnold 

 greenhouses at Babylon. 



The Annual Greek-American Florists' 

 Ball, held at Terrace Gardens on Wed- 

 nesday night, February 28, was the 

 biggest affair of its kind on record. 

 On Monday night, March 5, the Athe- 

 nia Association, which is a benevolent 

 institution supported by the Greek 

 florists had a ball at the same place. 

 Peter Velotis is the president. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co. will again be 

 a prominent exhibitor at the "Interna- 



tional" Flower Show, which opens here 

 next week and the Gen. DeWet tulips, 

 which was such an attraction last year, 

 will again be among the many tulip 

 novelties which are to be shown. 

 W. C. Rickards will have charge of 

 the booth wnich will be located as be- 

 fore on the main aisle. 



The Big Shows for 



ST. LOUIS— Spring Flower Show, 

 March 15-18. 



NEW YORK— International Flower 

 Show, March 15-22. 



PHILADELPHIA— National Rose 

 Festival, March 20-23. 



BOSTON— Spring Flower Show, 

 March 21-25. 



CHICAGO. 



One of the emiiloyees of Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., Ernst Quiran, was found 

 dead in the road near Niles Center, 

 Sunday evening. 



Robt. NeTvcomb is back from a very 

 successful trip through the west in the 

 interest ot the American Bulb Co., of 

 which he is a member. 



Jens Jensen, famous lecturer on 

 landscape gardening, is much in de- 

 mand at this time. March 5th he ad- 

 dressed the Hyde Park Travel Club of 

 Chicago. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. who have taken 

 over the E. C. Amling Co 's lease in 

 the Le Jloyne Building are getting 

 ready tor the change which will take 

 place about April. 1st. 



Reinhold Schiller and his bride re- 

 turned from' their honeymoon trip Sun- 

 day and Mr. Schiller's brother-in-law, 

 Walter Hilliar passed away at the 

 Schiller home on the following day. Mr. 

 Hilliar lately returned with Mrs. Hil- 

 liar and Miss Schiller from Arizona 

 where it was hoped he would receive 

 benefit. The family have the sympa- 

 thy of the trade. 



Among those who are taking winter 

 vacations and avoiding the March 

 winds of the north, are Mr. and Mrs. 

 C. H. Fisk, of 1581 Ogden Ave, who 

 are now in Florida. In other years Mr. 

 Fisk has been almost an annual vis- 

 itor to California. Among the whole- 

 salers. H. B. Kennicott and Mrs. Ken- 

 nicott are visiting Florida where they 

 have business interests. 



Horticiltirk's editorial on the de- 

 struction of birds, under the heading 

 ■ Courting retribution" in last week's 

 issue, called forth favorable comment 

 in Chicago, and it is pleasant to note 

 that just at that time a full line of 

 samples of bird houses was unpacked 

 at the American Bulb Co.'s show room 

 at 172 N. Wabash Ave. They are sol- 

 idly built, simple in design, low In 

 price, and afford a safe shelter for our 

 feathered friends. They would make 

 a fine side line for any florist. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Mrs. Lonsdale, widow of Edwin 

 Lonsdale, arrived from Lompoc, Cal., 

 on JIarch 3rd on a visit to her brother, 

 John Burton, and other relatives in 

 Chestnut Hill and vicinity. This is 

 her first since leaving our midst some 

 nine years ago. 



Dr. P. H. Lane, of Chestnut Hill, 

 well-known among the horticultural 

 fraternity, went under an appendicitis 

 operation at the Medico-Chi Hospital 

 on the 5th inst. On the 6th the nurse 

 reported over the telephone that his 

 condition was very serious. He is a 

 native of Nahant, Mass., and a gradu- 

 ate of Dartmouth. 



The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel has 

 lieen selected as headquarters by the 

 American Rose Society for its meet- 

 ings during the four-day Rose Show. 

 ■This is the largest and one of the 

 finest houses in the city, and it has ar- 

 ranged to give special low rates to 

 rosarian visitors from out of town 

 provided they mention that they are 

 members of the Rose Society. 



Mr. Brown, local manager for Hitch- 

 ings & Co.. with offices in the Pennsyl- 

 vania Building at loth and Chestnut 

 street, reports an unusual number of 

 inquiries for new work and that the 

 outlook is very encouraging. Mr. 

 Brown has only been here since last 

 October but he has already made him- 

 self very popular with the trade and 

 is a welcome figure at the Florists' 

 Club and other centers of horticul- 

 tural interest. 



V. B. Cartledge. Jr., will open his 

 new store at 220 W. 9th street, Wil- 

 mington, Del., on Monday, March 5th. 

 air. Cartledge is the son of the senior 

 member of Pennock Bros., Philadel- 

 phia, and has been brought up in the 

 business. It is a compliment to the 

 growing city of Wilmington that men 

 like Mr. Cartledge with experience, 

 capital and artistic ability should be 

 encouraged to settle in their midst. 

 The location is in the center of the 

 fashionable business district and the 

 new store is fitted up with all the 

 latest allurements and facilities in 

 every department. 



Many prize-winnifig orchids and 

 other plants were destroyed when fire 

 swept the greenhouses on the estate of 

 George H. McFauuen at Villanova. The 

 loss has been estimated at between 

 $25,000 and $40,000. Mr. McFadden 

 and family are at Palm Beach. The 

 fire was discovered by George Aitken, 

 head gardener. He and his assistants 

 succeeded in saving more than forty 

 valuable plants before the arrival of 

 the Bryn Mawr fire department. The 

 flames were confined to the green- 

 houses, but threatened to spread to the 

 stables, where Mr. McFadden has sev- 

 eral valuable polo ponies and horses. 

 The cause of the fire is unknown. 



A meeting of the various committees 

 of the Rose Festival was held on 

 JIarch 7th. Much important work 

 was done and the final schedule and 

 program gone over and approved. 

 Some of its salient points not previ- 

 ously mentioned are noted here as we 

 go to press: 



