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HORTI CD LTD RE 



July 28, 1917 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



A. L. VuuKluin and family are tuk- 

 ing their favorite vaiation trip by 

 means of their auto. The lakes of Wis- 

 consin are their destination. 



Fred LautenschlaRer, of Kroeschell 

 Bros. Co.. attended the summer session 

 of the American Society of Heating 

 and \entilatlt:g Engineers the past 

 week. 



Andrew Cronis, president ot the 

 Alpha Floral Co.. will leave next 

 week on a motor trip to the east, tim- 

 ing it 80 as to be in New York in time 

 for the S. A. F. convention. 



C. L. Washburn, and Mrs. Wash- 

 bum have returned from his annual 

 visit to his son in California. E. B. 

 Washburn is following in his father's 

 line of business, at Pasadena. 



AUie Zech. president of Zech & 

 Mann, has taken his family on a north- 

 ern motor trip this week and will re- 

 turn and take the next week in an- 

 other direction combining business 

 with pleasure. 



The horticultural society of the 

 north shore, known as the New Trier, 

 held a flower and vegetable show in 

 the Community House in Winnetka, 

 last Thursday. Prizes were awarded. 

 These exhibits are well patronized and 

 create a lively interest in outdoor 

 flowers as well as a friendly rivalry in 

 producing the finest vegetables. 



Some of the largest growers are 

 placing their orders for next season's 

 coal, which would indicate that they 

 have not sufficient faith in a possible 

 reduction to warrant any further de- 

 lay. Poehlmann Bros. Co., wbose plant 

 consumed 3a,000 tons last year, has 

 just placed an order for 20,000 tons in 

 addition to that ejtill coming on a 

 last year's contract. .Mr. Poehlmann 

 says the high cost of greenhouse ma- 

 terial and the advance in the price of 

 coal has not been met with a corres- 

 ponding advance in the selling price of 

 flowers, hence there is not the incen- 

 tive to building this year that form- 

 erly existed. 



The American Greenhouse Co. has 

 just made an important addition to Its 

 equipment, in the purchase of a new- 

 plant at Pano, in central Illinois. It 

 consists of five acres of Kround with 

 four brick factory buildings and an 

 oflBce. There were 80,000 square feet of 

 floor space and a complete equipment of 

 machinery, including an engine for 

 making their own electric power. 

 Eventually all their manufacturing 

 will be done at Pano. This is a step 

 forward in the steady progress made 

 by the American Greenhouse Co. since 

 its organization scarcely two years 

 ago. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Robert Holm, for some time In the 

 employ of F. C. Weber, has severed 

 his connection with this Arm. 



Walter Young, member of the firm 

 ot C. Young & Sons, has joined the 

 Aviation Corps and will leave this 

 week. 



The American Greenhouse Mfg. Co. 

 has just completed two greenhouses, 36 

 X 300 each, for W. A. Rowe at Kirk- 

 wood. This makes Mr. Rowe the larg- 

 est grower in St. i-.ouis County. Carna- 

 tions, snapdragons and novelties will 

 be the main crops at this range. 



BOSTON. 



The Willow Street Greenhouses in 

 West Roxbury, belonging to Isabel 

 Burnham, have been sold to Charles 

 W. Wilby. 



A loan order for $50,000 for the 

 purchase of a lot ot land contain- 

 ing 2."), 174 square feet, and bounded 

 by Poplar. South, Ashland and Wash- 

 ington streets, Roslindale, to be used 

 as a public park, was sent to the City 

 Council yesterday by Mayor Curley. 



The Mayor several weeks ago re- 

 ceived a petition signed by 5,000 resi- 

 dents of the district, asking for such 

 a park, and the City Planning Board 

 has approved the location. 



Fire destroyed considerable of the 

 buildings of the New England Nur- 

 series in Bedford, Tuesday afternoon, 

 July 24. Help was called from Lexing- 

 ton and Concord to fight the flames. 

 Concord sending a pump which ren- 

 dered great assistance. The water to 

 fight the fire was pumped from a brook 

 about a quarter mile away. The fire 

 was discovered in the pumping station, 

 a two-story building, which was de- 

 stroyed. The water supply is conse- 

 quently shut off and plants in the 

 greenhouses will suffer damage. A 

 packing shed about 125 feet long ad- 

 joining the pumping station was also 

 destroyed. A large storehouse just 

 back of the packing house was saved, 

 though it received a good scorching. 

 One end of another storehouse was 

 burned off. In the packing shed that 

 was destroyed there were a carload of 

 lumber and a large number of hot bed 

 sashes. These also were lost. The en- 

 tire loss is estimated at about $10,000, 

 partly covered by insurance. Defective 

 wiring is believed to have caused the 

 fire. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 K W. Uolgiano has secured u permit 

 from the city to erect a brl<-k ware- 

 house at 1215-1221 C Street, Northwest. 

 The proposed structure will cost 

 $30,000. 



There are two absentees In the force 

 of outdoor men of the Bureau of Plant 

 IiiduHtry, and It Is with regret that the 

 illness Is announced of Robert Mc- 

 Lennon and .Mr. Gauges, the former 

 with appendicitis, while the latter has 

 a bad case of blood poisoning. Mr. 

 Gauges had his hand Infected while 

 handling some plants. 



There Is a vacancy in the position 

 of entomological inspector, in the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Hoard, for duty in 

 Washington, at an entrance salary ot 

 from $1,400 to $1,740 a year, to be 

 filled by the U. S. Civil Service Com- 

 mission, which will hold an examina- 

 tion on Aug. 22. All applicants for 

 this position will be rated upon ento- 

 mology, practical questions In inspec- 

 tion work, and education and experi- 

 ence. Examinations will be held at 

 various cities in every state and ter- 

 ritory. 



The names of several of the boys at 

 the local stores were drawn In the mil- 

 itary conscription. Two brothers. Car- 

 roll Carrick and Hen Carrick. Louis 

 Hohman. Edward .Jameson, and W. 

 Lowe, are on the honor roll from Gude 

 Hros. Co. The first three named are 

 connected with the F street store, the 

 other two with the northeast and 

 southeast houses respectively. A num- 

 ber of boys have already enlisted for 

 service in France, among the latest to 

 go being Harry McCabe. who has gone 

 to Ohio for service with the aeroplane 

 corps. The name of Frank B. Schmid, 

 son ot Edward S. Schmid, also appears 

 among those selected. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Salter Bros, are busy preparing 

 helichrysums for fall and winter use. 



C. W.. Curtis is installing a new 

 Lord & Burnham boiler. His gladioli 

 arc coming along in good shape. 



Geo. T. Boucher has a beautiful 

 window decoration, which consists of 

 a lountain surrounded by a rockery 

 and aquatic plants. 



Geo. F. Demuth, of Geo. B. Hart's, 

 is going to spend his vacation in Cal- 

 ifornia; Miss Maud Hallauer is at 

 Canandalgua Lake; John Volmer, Hen- 

 rietta, N. Y.; -Miss Tessie Whitman 

 and Miss H. B. Ellis at Sodus Bay. 



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