September 15, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



307 



CHICAGO. 



Mrs. J. Simpson, who has been ill 

 most of the summer, is now able to 

 be back at the Simpson Flower Shop 

 at 3626 Ogden avenue. Several im- 

 portant changes are being made which 

 will add to the attractiveness of the 

 salesroom, including a round seat with 

 pedestal center, a cashier's desk, etc. 

 Mrs. Simpson says the books show 

 that this summer's business has not 

 been below that of other years. 



The new 300-ft. greenhouse which 

 Frank Oechslin has added to his Har- 

 lem avenue range is now completed 

 and a storage house 25x150 is now 

 under way and will be used for hold- 

 ing stock which is about ready for 

 market. Mr. Oechslin regards such a 

 house as a very profitable investment. 

 It Is also used for holding over plants 

 that are to be kept in a nearly dor- 

 mant condition. It is piped so as to 

 keep an average temperature of 40 to 

 45 degrees. 



Bulb growers of Chicago and vicin- 

 ity are rejoicing in the news just re- 

 ceived that the steamer Waaldyk has 

 sailed from Holland. It carries twelve 

 or fourteen carloads of bulbs des- 

 tined for Chicago. Bills for some of 

 these were mailed out July 21 and the 

 long delay in the sailing of the vessel 

 has caused much anxiety to those 

 who depend upon the forcing of bulbs 

 for a large part of their trade, and 

 should they arrive safely the question 

 still remains as to their condition 

 after so long a delay. 



The disastrous reports of the record 

 breaking frost, which visited this state 

 and others in the middle west, are 

 confirmed by the reports of local 

 growers, though very fortunately this 

 immediate vicinity did not suffer 

 greatly. In low places the tempera- 

 ture recorded 30 degrees on the night 

 of September 10 and tomato vines are 

 blackened by the frost. Florists had 

 their help working all night to pro- 

 tect exposed stock, and the total 

 losses were kept down. Sunday night, 

 September 9, was the earliest date 

 upon which frost has visited this sec- 

 tion since the establishment of the 

 weather bureau, and the following 

 day was still colder. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Charles Curtis of Irondeqiioit has 

 just installed a new Lord and Burn- 

 ham boiler. 



H. E. Wilson's delivery car had an 

 accident last Saturday, breaking two 

 front wheels. 



Miss M. Burns, Miss Fuller and G. 

 Case of James 'Vick & Sons have gone 

 to Syracuse State Fair to have charge 

 of the Vick exhibit. 



Mrs. John Dunbar, wife of John 

 Dunbar of Rochester Parks, is recover- 

 ing from a serious operation and is 

 expected to soon leave the hospital. 



J. B. Keller & Sons had an attrac- 

 tive Horse Show window in which a 

 large horseshoe of lavander and white 



asters tied with green and yellow 

 ribbon was displayed. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Mrs. Gustave Ludwig, with members 

 of her family, left on last Sunday for 

 a several weeks' lake trip. 



Oscar M. Beckert is spending a 

 month's vacation in New Hampshire, 

 while John Fornof is at Cambridge 

 Springs, Pa. 



John Hoffman, the veteran night 

 man for the E. C. Ludwig Company, 

 has answered his country's call and 

 enlisted under the colors. 



Theodore P. Langhans and family 

 left last Monday for a motoring trip 

 through the White Mountains. Fred 

 Burki and family have returned from 

 an extended automobile trip. 



H. F. Lowe, of the Scobie & Parker 

 Co., is at Atlantic City, where Mr. and 

 Mrs. Frank D. Roll are also located. 

 Accompanied by his family, George B. 

 Telfair, another member of the firm, 

 and family are on a motoring trip to 

 Cincinnati. 



Since returning with her husband 

 from their eastern trip. Mrs. Ernest C. 

 Ludwig has been seriously ill with 

 ptomaine poisoning . Edward Earl 

 Ludwig, the younger son, left on last 

 Friday, accompanying Ambulance Co. 

 No. 4, N. G. P., for Fort Hancock. 



G. Wessenauer is planning an ela- 

 borate autumn exhibition at his Se- 

 wickley Flower Shop. Mr. Wessen- 

 auer, who succeeded J. Gerry Curtis 

 as forester of Sewickley and Edge- 

 worth, has just added a most attrac- 

 tive little "plantation" to the "square" 

 of the former suburb. 



Considering the "off" season, there 

 was a fair-sized attendance at the Sep- 

 tember session of the Pittsburgh Flor- 

 ists' and Gardeners' Club at the Fort 

 Pitt Hotel on last Tuesday evening. 

 There was a general discussion regard- 

 ing the Flower Show for next year but 

 not much headway was made. 



Foreman James Moore has laid out 

 some patriotic carpet beds to the 

 West Park, North Side, representing 

 the Red Cross, the Union Jack and 

 the Liberty Bell, flanked on either side 

 by "1776" and "1917" respectively, all 

 in Echeverias, Artemesias and Alter- 

 nantheras. On the approach to Lake 

 Elizabeth and the large Fort Wayne 

 Railroad bridge is a majestic shield, 

 on which "Old Glory" is represented. 



Owing to the depletion of the staff 

 of the landscape department of the 

 A. W. Smith Co., Miss Helen Spauld- 

 ing of Lowell and Clifford Stowers of 

 Boston, Mass., have been added during 

 the week. Miss Spaulding is a grad- 

 uate of Cornell, class of 1917, while 

 Mr. Stowers was a member of this 

 year's graduating class of the Mass. 

 Agricultural College. This is the first 

 position for each. Ralph W. Pinner, 

 who for tho past two years has been 

 actively identified with the depart- 

 ment, is now at Camp Hancock, Au- 

 gusta, Ga. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Joe Hauser of Webster Grove is in 

 with early California violets. 



The Park Superintendents' Associ- 

 ation met in Convention at the Plant- 

 ers Hotel on Sept. 11-13. 



Preliminary work on the National 

 Flower Show is begining. Committees 

 and local headquarters will shortly 

 be announced. 



A "get together" meeting of the em- 

 ployees of Grimm & Gorly will soon 

 take place with the idea of improving 

 conditions in the local flower trade. 



, Grand Leader Drj' Goods Co., opened 

 up a floral department under the man- 

 agement of Ed Soyet. All branches 

 of the florist business will be con- 

 ducted. 



Newport Horticultural Society. 



Following the closing day of the 

 autumn show, the nineteenth annual 

 ball of the Newport Horticultural . So- 

 ciety was given at the beach dancing 

 pavilion, Friday evening, September 

 7, with a capacity crowd in attend- 

 ance. During the intermission, when 

 the dancers went from the dancing 

 pavilion to the convention hall for 

 refreshments, the officials of the 

 society distributed flowers to all who 

 cared to have them, and almost every 

 young woman's arms were filled with 

 roses, gladioli and dahlias. 



The committee in charge made a 

 special effort to outdo its previous 

 performances and succeeded. John 

 T. Allan was the floor manager, hav- 

 ing for his assistant Colonel Herbert 

 Bliss. The aides were Andrew S. 

 Meikle, Alexander Fraser, Andrew 

 Dorward, Frederic Carter and John 

 Mahon. The ball committee was com- 

 posed of John B. Urquhart, chairman; 

 Frederick P. Webber, secretary and 

 treasurer; C. M. Bogholt, Frederic 

 Carter, William McKay, James Rob- 

 ertson, Bruce Butterton, Andrew Dor- 

 ward, Andrew Meikle and William F. 

 Smith. On the reception committee 

 were John B. Urquhart, William Mc- 

 Kay, Bruce Butterton, James McLeish, 

 James Sullivan. Andrew S. Meikle, 

 James Robertson. Richard Gardner, 

 A. F. McMahon, John T. Allan and 

 .Mexander McLellan. 



Norman E. Klrby, formerly with 

 Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 

 has bought a half Interest with I. N. 

 Simon & Son, Philadelphia. 



