February 3, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



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PITTSBURGH. 



Edward J. Bambach, a designer for 

 the E. C. Ludwig Co., has been se- 

 riously ill for the past week with pneu- 

 monia. 



The Ludwig Floral Co. furnished 

 the decorations for the banquet of the 

 Young Men's Republican Tariff Club in 

 celebration of the birthday anniversary 

 of the late President William McKin- 

 ley. Approximately 2,000 carnations 

 were used. 



Fred Burki and William A. Clarke 

 left on Monday evening for the carna- 

 tion meeting at Indianapolis. On the 

 following evening a party left for the 

 same destination including Edward H. 

 Blind, William Loew and T. H. Mal- 

 branc, the latter of Greensburg, Pa. 



Frederick L. James, who recently 

 purchased a farm in Penn township 

 is now negotiating for the erection of 

 two large vegetable houses in the early 

 spring. Mr. James is a son of Edward 

 Stetson James, who has charge of the 

 floral department of the Fort Pitt and 

 Willian Penn Hotels. 



Mr. and Mrs. Walter Howard Carney 

 have the sincere sympathy of their 

 friends in the death of their elder son, 

 Hayes Carney, aged twelve years, from 

 pneumonia on January 25. Mr. Carney 

 will be recalled as the former mana- 

 ger of the J. B. Murdoch Co., and who 

 now has a retail business of his own. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The annual report of the St. Louis 

 Botanical Garden shows since Sunday 

 openings increased attendance. 



On Sunday. January 28th. fire de- 

 stroyed valuable shrubs at the private 

 greenhouses of Samuel C. Davis. The 

 shrubs were impoi'ted and had to be 

 housed in winter. Thirty feet of the 

 greenhouses was destroyed. 



On Wednesday. 26 florists left in a 

 special car to attend the carnation 

 meeting at Indianapolis. They will 

 spend Saturday in Chicago and will 

 return to St. Louis. Feb. 5th. In the 

 party were Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Weber, 

 Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Berning. Mr. and 

 .Mrs. W. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Frank 

 Galy. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rowe. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Joseph Windier, Fred. H. 

 Jleinhardt. C. A. Kuehn. Charles Meier, 

 Otto Koenig, Julius Bourdet, C. C. Cer- 

 ney, W. J. Pilcher. Martin Seeger, F. 

 H. Weber, Richard Gubison, M. H. 

 Krusie, Charles Young, D. S. Geddis, 

 Geo. H. Angermueller. These gentle- 

 men will talk Spring Flower Show and 

 will boost St. Louis, the show city. 



BOSTON. 



The party which left the South 

 station, Boston, at 2 o'clock, Monday 

 afternoon, en route for the carnation 

 meeting at Indianapolis, consisted of 

 S. J. Goddard, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. 

 Nicholson, William Nicholson, all of 

 Framingham, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. W. 

 D. Howard, Milford, Mass.; E. Allan 

 Peirce, Waltham, and Chas. S. Strout, 

 Biddeford, Me. They also carried with 

 them exhibits from the Halifax Gar- 

 dens, S. J. Goddard. Albert Roper es- 

 tate. Chas. S. Strout and John A. Nel- 



NEWS NOTES. 



Kansas City, Mo.— The municipal 

 greenhouses w^ere destroyed by fire on 

 January 16. and a good many bulbs and 

 plants were ruined. Loss about J3500. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Through an unavoidable error there 

 appeared in a recent issue of Hobticul- 

 TiBE a statement of the incorporation 

 of the Oehniler Floral Company 

 which was not wholly correct. The 

 officers of this company are Thomas 

 M. Dunbarr, president and treasurer; 

 Gust Wolt, vice-president, and 0. A. C. 

 Oehniler, secretary and manager. The 

 business will be conducted at 1329 G 

 street. Northwest, in the store operated 

 for several years by Mr. Oehniler. 



Cincinnati —Among florists from this 

 city who are attending the American 

 Carnation Society meeting at Indianap- 

 olis, Ind.. this week are C. E. Critchell, 

 Mr. and .Mrs. J. A, Peterson. R. Witt- 

 erstaetter, Henry Slieppard, E. G. 

 Gillett, Ray Murphy, Otto Hirschfeld, 

 Fred Bachnieier, Wm. Sunderman and 

 Frank Sclineider. 



West Hartford, Conn. — The Rose 

 Hill Floral Company has sold its plant 

 and twenty-three acres of land on 

 South Main street, situated on the 

 Newington town line, to Carl A. Carl- 

 strom. Mr. Carlstrom it is expected, 

 will continue the greenhouse business. 



Hampden Meadows, R. I. — Plre, 

 which started from some unknown 

 cause, caused damages estimated at 

 $1,000 at the Hampden Meadows green- 

 houses, January 19. The blaze started 

 in the boiler house, and when discover- 

 ed had gained great headway. The 

 building was destroyed. 



Through an oversight we failed to 

 state that the anchor design for the 

 Dewey funeral illustrated in last 

 week's issue was made by George C. 

 Shaffer. 



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