bcpl-mber 8, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



283 



CHICAGO. 



John Props, salesman at the Alpha 

 Florist Co., Is enjoying a vacation at 

 Detroit. 



Andrew Anderson a retail florist of 

 Batavia, III., was in town looking over 

 materials for remodeling his heating 

 plant. 



The usual number of visitors were 

 seen in the downtown district calling 

 on the wholesale and retail trade on 

 their way back from the New York 

 convention. 



Mr. Erickson has rented his six 

 houses devoted to carnations, and will 

 retire. His three sons are all await- 

 ing call to the army. The houses have 

 just been planted with a nice stork of 

 plants. 



The Gould Mfg. Co., have installed 

 a new water pumping plant tor the 

 Brant & Noe Floral Co. The pump is 

 driven by a kerosene engine, thus sav- 

 ing a large amount of coal and labor 

 formerly required to drive a steam 

 pump. 



Market gardeners around Forest 

 Glen Station are experiencing trouble 

 with a species of green fly on toma- 

 toes. The fly is in sucli numbers as 

 to completely ruin the plants. No 

 such plague has ever appeared here 

 before. 



Wiltgren & Frerers, the youngest 

 firm of wholesale florists in the city, 

 report a good summer and are satisfied 

 with their start. Mr. Wiltgren has 

 been kept at the greenhouses since 

 early spring and Mr. and Mrs. Frerers 

 are at the store. 



The central steam vacuum heating 

 system being installed in the houses 

 of the Brant & Noe Floral Co.. is fast 

 nearing completion. A 150 H, P. boiler 

 is also being installed to replace two 

 smaller boilers. The work is being 

 done by the Lord & Burnham Co. of 

 Desplaines. 



Christian Attergott rose grower at 

 Brant & Noe Floral Co., narrowly es- 

 caped being hurt when one of the 

 toughs he drove out of the aiiple or- 

 chard on the place turned around and 

 fired five shots at him out of a revol- 

 ver. The man dissappeared before 

 anything could be done to arrest liim. 



Mr, and Mrs. Otto Lang, of Dallas, 

 Texas, spent the week end in Chicago, 

 returning from the convention. While 

 Mr. Lang visited the wholesale houses 

 Mrs. Lang was given a glimpse of the 

 great shopping district by Horticul- 

 ture's representative. The Lang 

 Floral & Nursery Co. has three stores, 

 50 acres of land and 100, Ouo sq. ft. of 

 glass. 



Mr. and Mrs. ,Tas. G. Hancock spent 

 a week in western Michigan. At Grand 

 Rapids they were entertained by 

 Henry Smith, Mr. Hancock was for 

 many years a florist and vcijetable 

 grower in Michigan and to him and 

 his father. Geo. Hancock, is due the 

 credit of introducing the celery culture 

 there which made that part of western 

 Michigan famous. 



Robert Newcomb, of the American 

 Bulb Co.. has returned from the S, A, 

 F. convention and reports favorably of 

 the business he did while there. The 

 American Bulb Co, has received its 

 shipments of French lily bulbs and the 



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stoclv looks very good. This firm has 

 just made the second enlargement of 

 its store space adding a large base- 

 ment room for storing and handling 

 stock. A, Miller, president of the com- 

 pany, has just returned from New- 

 York, 



Some of the local growers of the 

 Mrs, Russell rose are trying experi- 

 ments with the handling of this popu- 

 lar flower to see if it cannot be in- 

 duced to open more surely after cut- 

 ting. As usually grown, buds cut close 

 always bring complaints from purchas- 

 ers that they droop and are unsalable 

 the following day. It has been found 

 that growing with increased tempera- 

 ture will cause buds to expand more 

 rapidly but whether other effects will 

 offset this is not yet determined. 



The miniature roses are seemingly 

 growing in popularity each season and 

 one or more varieties are found in 

 every wholesale house. But the per- 

 son who wants to see them all and 

 make comparisons will find a splendid 

 collection at .1, A, Rudlong's, whose 

 sales of these little favorites probably 



exceeds those of any other house. The 

 newest one is the Evelyn Nesbit, a 

 rose with a most pleasing color and 

 possessing a strong stem which as- 

 sures good keeping qualities, making 

 it desirable both for local sales and 

 shipping purposes. 



FRENCH EMBARGO ON NURSERY 

 STOCK. 



(t'alili'f,'i:nn from .iuicrican ('"iisirhitc Gcn- 

 iTiil, Paris. Aug. '.'5.) 

 Decree of August 24 prohibits after 

 August 25 exportation and re-exporta- 

 tion of trees, shrubbery and all other 

 nursery products. Usual exceptions 

 are made for allied and American 

 countries. 



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