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HOETICULTURE 



June 9. 1917 



CHICAGO. 



Archie Spencer, well known whole- 

 saler in the Atlas block, has the sin- 

 cere sympathy of the trade in the loss 

 of his mother, whose death occurred 

 last week at the family home, 550 N. 

 Ridgeway, Ave. 



E. F. Winterson lost his beautiful 

 new house at Highland Park by fire, 

 May 25th. The loss is covered by in- 

 surance but this does not pay for the 

 disappointment and anxiety occasioned 

 by such an event. 



At Simpson's Flower Shop the 

 spring trade has been very good and 

 orders for commencements are now 

 coming in rapidly. C. B. Le Mare, a 

 partner in the business, is spending a 

 few days in Rockford, 111. 



The J. C. Moninger Co. has the re- 

 building of their warehouse that was 

 destroyed by fire last winter well 

 under way and this firm will he better 

 prepared than ever for taking care of 

 their orders for greenhouse materials. 

 The American Bulb Co. report excel- 

 lent sales for the month of May. A. and 

 M. Monblatt have joined the traveling 

 sales force of this firm. Paul Dressel, 

 who has been with this house for six 

 months has enlisted in the navy and 

 is awaiting his call. 



Counter trade is still brisk at the 

 seed stores, the killing frost on the 

 23rd of May not having discouraged 

 home gardening but rather to have 

 aroused greater efforts. The depart- 

 ment stores also are doing a much 

 larger business than usual. 



The retail florists in the downtown 

 district are not anticipating any less 

 demand for flowers on account of the 

 war. They say thay have not had any 

 falling off yet, but on the contrary, 

 rather an increase, as flowers are all 

 used as expressions of sympathy. 



Kennicott Bros, have peonies and 

 other stock at their new store and 

 business is going on at both places. 

 H. B. Kennicott reports a large ad- 

 vance over last year's May business. 

 It is the first year that they have not 

 had peonies in cold storage before 

 June 1st. 



At "Wm. J. Smyth's store, Mich. 

 Ave. and 31st St., wedding orders are 

 coming in briskly and some very 

 large ones are on the books for later 

 in the month. Mr. Smyth says the 

 wealthier class may not be buying so 

 heavily this year but that the middle 

 classes are more than making up 

 for it. 



The month of May averaged the low- 

 est temperature tor ten years and in- 

 cluded one killing frost. The effect 

 upon the quantity and selling price of 

 the stock is something upon which 

 there is more or less difference of 

 opinion, but the effect upon the coal 

 supply leaves no one in doubt. The 

 outlook for the future is a serious 

 one and the coal situation is one of 

 the things causing the growers much 

 concern. > 



PHILADELPHIA 



George Cook is a new recruit in the 

 outfit of the Leo Niessen Co. 



Edward Dornheim has joined the 

 forces of the Philadelphia Wholesale 

 Florists' Exchange. 



The American Peony Society will 

 hold its annual exhibition at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Broad and Locust street, 

 Philadelphia, June 11 and 12. 



Count Brother Bngler of the Flor- 

 ists' Exchange among the bright par- 

 ticular star bowlers in the 1917 tour- 

 nament inaugurated by the Florists' 

 Club. "We noticed 253 on 'the board 

 June' 1st. and that is nothing unusual 

 for him. 



Mr. and Mrs. Abram L. Pennock 

 will celebrate their 50th wedding an- 

 niversary on the 5th inst at their 

 home in Lansdowne. Only members 

 of the family take part. They are a 

 goodly number, and at least forty of 

 them are expected to attend. The 

 original Pennock came over with Wil- 

 liam Penn, and his descendants have 

 had a mighty influence in the growth 

 and development of Pennsylvania 

 from that time to this. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Miss Grace Dryden has resigned as 

 designer and saleswoman for the 

 Briggs Floral Shop. 



Rudolph Lilke, an attache of the 

 E. C. Ludwig Floral Company, is crit- 

 ically ill with pneumonia. 



Colored designs have been submit- 

 ted by the high and public school pu- 

 pils in competition of a prize of fifty 

 dollars offered by the A. W. Smith Co. 

 for the best street car advertisement. 

 The exhibition will be on display at 

 the Keenan Building next Monday, 

 Tuesday and Wednesday. 



Donald McCallum and his sister, 

 Miss Elspeth, promise to follow in the 

 steps of their father, Neil McCallum, 

 foreman of West End Park. The 

 young son has commenced as an ap- 

 prentice in the landscape department 

 of the A. W. Smith Co., while the 

 daughter is a student in the Univer- 

 sity of Pittsburgh preparing to teach 

 Nature Study. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The recent marriage of Adolph Gude, 

 Jr., son of a member of the firm of 

 Gude Brothers Company, and Miss 

 Inez Gilbert, at St. Mark's Episcopal 

 Church in Southeast Washington, has 

 just been announced. Young Mr. Gude 

 is connected with the 1214 P street 

 store of the firm. The young couple 

 have taken up their residence in the 

 Wardman Courts. - 



William F. Gude, on behalf of the 

 orchid growers, and C. B. Knickman, 

 of McHutchison Company, last week 

 presented to W. A. Orton, of the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board, the matter of 

 the fumigation of orchids, under which 

 recently a number of plants have been 

 killed. As a result of their visit this 

 scheme has been discontinued for the 

 time being or, at least, until the 

 board will have found some other 

 method of combating the insect which 

 they say is doing a great deal of dam- 

 age to orchids. 



Dr. J. B. Parker, president of the 

 Brookland Rose Society, has been 

 awarded the Shahan gold medal, 

 sweepstakes prize for the largest num- 

 ber of merit points, at the sixth annual 

 rose exhibition held by the society. He 

 had a total of fifty-eight points. This 

 Society is affiliated with the American 

 Rose Society, and the exhibition was 

 a departure from previous shows, in 

 that the rules of the American Society 

 were followed, separating the exhibits 

 into classes, where heretofore the ex- 

 hibitors have made collective exhibits. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Over 200 varieties of lilacs are now 

 to be seen at Highland Park. 



Mrs. Owen, of Rochester Floral Co., 

 motored to Bufl'alo and Niagara Falls 

 on Memorial Day. 



Word has reached us that Dewey 

 Lester, formerly with Rochester Floral 

 Co.. will soon be removed to El Paso, 

 Texas. 



Over 15.000 potted geraniums were 

 sold by the various growers for the 

 decoration of the Soldiers' graves in 

 the different cemeteries May 30. 



The Peony Show, which is to he 

 held at Convention Hall, has been post- 

 poned on account of the lateness of 

 the season until June 28, 29 and 30th. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Joseph Wors, son of C. W. Wors.has 

 enlisted in the navy. He preferred to 

 do this rather than wait for the draft. 



Park Commissioner Cunlift has been 

 reappointed commissioner. He is a 

 great worker, looks well after the 

 people's interests. 



Henry Ostertag was married on the 

 afternoon of June 1 at the Presby- 

 terian Church of the Covenant tO' 

 Minnie Spohr. They will spend their 

 honeymoon in Chicago and up at the- 

 lakes. 



NEW YORK. 



Charles H. Totty has been confined' 

 to his home for several days with an 

 attack of rheumatism. 



We are deeply sorry to learn of the- 

 bereavement that has come to W. E. 

 Maynard in the death of his daughter, 

 a beautiful girl of 19, which occurred 

 in the Nassau County Hospital on Sat- 

 urday, June 2, as the result of an oper- 

 tion on the throat. 



A CORRECTION. 



In our notes from Rochester last 

 week mention was made of the "ever- 

 green raspberry" from Oregon at 

 Highland Park. This should have- 

 been evergreen "barberry" (Berberis- 

 repens). 



