October 13, 1917 



HORTICULTUEE 



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since his childliood lie had devoted his 

 long and useful life to the practice of 

 farming. Celery was his biggest prod- 

 uct and he raised this by the thou- 

 sands o£ bushels. 



Mrs. Joseph Heinl. 

 Elizabeth Heinl, widow of Joseph 

 Heinl, died at her home in Jackson- 

 ville, Fla.. on September 21, aged 79 

 years. 



J. A. Swartley. 

 J. A. Swartley of Swartley & Sons', 

 Sterling, 111., died on Oct. 1, as the re- 

 sult of a fall from a scaffolding. 



RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF 

 JOHN A. VALENTINE. 



The resolutions committee of the 

 Society of American Florists has pre- 

 pared the following: 



WHEEEAS, God in His iufluite wisdom 

 baa been pleased to call our beloved as- 

 sociate and former president ; it is, there- 

 fore 



RESOLVED, That we, the members of 

 the Society of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists feel most keenly 

 the tragic death of John A. Valentine, one 

 forever endeared to us by his charming 

 manner and splendid services to American 

 floriculture, more especially in connection 

 with the Florists' Hall Association and 

 the Florists' Telegraph Delivery. Unas- 

 suming and considerate, steadfastly firm in 

 truth and righteousness, thorough to the 

 last degree, be was a man who did every- 

 thing he undertook well and quietly. De- 

 voted to his home and constantly solicit- 

 ous of the general welfare, his numerous 

 activities generously jeweled with charity, 

 the sudden passing of this conspicuously 

 useful man in his early prime has come as 

 a stunning shock to a host of friends 

 throughout the land. It is further 



RESOLVED, That we tender the stricken 

 widow and their relatives our heartfelt 

 sympathy in this calamity and further, 

 that these resolutions be spread on the 

 records of the Society with such appropri- 

 ate account of bis life and work as may be 

 available and copies sent to Mrs. Valentine 

 and his business associates. 

 Michael Barker, John G. Esler, J. A. 

 Peterson, Committee. 



ST. LOUIS. 



H. G. Berning's delivery car v^as 

 badly damaged in a collision with a 

 motorcycle last Saturday morning. 



Miss Bettie Carson, formerly with 

 the Mullanphy Floral Co., is now with 

 the Famous Barr floral department. 



W. A. Rowe of Kirkwood is cutting 

 his Yellow Advance chrysanthemum, 

 a sport from Smith's Advance. He 

 has about 4,000 plants. 



Joseph Hauser of Webster Grove 

 has his new red dahlia christened 

 "The St. Louis'' through the courtesy 

 of Mayor Kiel who thought the bloom 

 well worthy of the name. 



Charles W. Wors. Jr., eldest son of 

 C. W. Wors, left on October 6 for Fort 

 Riley, Kans. This makes three sons 

 that Mr. Wors has given. Joe is In 

 the navy and Arthur joined the Cana- 

 dians. 



An important hearing, of interest 

 to growers, retailers, nurserymen, pot 

 and box manufacturers, and others, 

 is to be held in Washington on -Octo- 

 ber 15. when the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission will listen to argument 

 upon a proposed order of the Commis- 

 sion dealing with applications for 

 increases in freight rates which may 

 hereafter be filed by the transporta- 

 tion companies. 



CHICAGO. 



Weeber & Don. of New York, have 

 opened an office in Chicago, with W. 

 J. Smart in charge, at 19 So. LaSalle 

 street. 



Practically everything offered by 

 the seed stores in the fall is now to 

 be found at the department stores 

 whose trade cuts heavily into what 

 was once theirs exclusively. 



Almost the first blooming plants 

 offered since spring are now coming, 

 and the early chrysanthemum plants 

 are ready for the stores. Cyclamen 

 will not be far behind them. 



W. J. Smart, who now represents 

 Weeber & Don of New York at 19 

 S. La Salle street in this city, is well 

 known and popular here, having trav- 

 eled this territory for years, and his 

 friends are glad to have him located 

 in Chicago. 



The conservatory recently erected 

 by the Foley Greenhouse Manuf. Co., 

 illustrated on cover page, is a feature 

 of one of the new estates on the 

 North Shore, that of R. H. McElwee. 

 The gardener in charge is Bert Par- 

 shall. Mr. McElwee, who is a banker 

 and lumberman, now lives in Lake 

 Forest, but will reside in Lake Bluff 

 as soon as his residence there can be 

 built. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



William R. Gray, of Oakton, Va., is 

 producing some very excellent Ela- 

 nore Parker roses. This flower is a 

 two-tone pink which is beginning to 

 cut very nicely and is showing great 

 promise. 



Mrs. J. A. Phillips has reopened her 

 store in Martinsburg. W. Va. This 

 store is closed during the summer 

 months. With her husband she oper- 

 ates the Flower Shop on 14th St. in 

 the Mt. Pleasant section. 



Florists desiring to remain in busi- 

 ness after October 31. must promptly 

 renew their licenses. A statement 

 has just been issued by Supt. Wade H. 

 Coombs, announcing the expiration of 

 the licenses of the florists for this 

 year. 



Harry McCabe. who some time ago 

 enlisted in the aviation service, is 

 home on a furlough. Mr. McCabe is 

 the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. 

 McCabe, who operate a stand in the 

 Center Market and who have a large 

 range in Anacostia. 



The Congressional Party, soon to 

 leave the United States for a tour of 

 the Hawaiian Islands, will have as a 

 member George W. Hess, superintend- 

 ent of the Botanic Garden. He has 

 been invited to make this trip at the 

 expense of the Government of Hawaii. 



BOSTON. 



James Donald of Canton has been 

 awarded the Wm. B. H. Dowse silver 

 vase offered for the exhibitor winning 

 the greatest number of points in the 

 vegetable classes in the exhibltionB 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society during the year 1917. 



ROCHESTER. 



Clifford & Sons have just returned 

 from a delightful vacation in Canada. 



The first violets of the season ar- 

 rived Oct. 1 and are exceptionally 

 good quality. 



Salter Bros, have given up growing 

 cut flowers at their greenhouse on 

 Park avenue and the houses are now 

 being disposed of. 



E. C. Kaelber, Inc., have a very un- 

 usual window display of Japanese and 

 Fulper ware arranged on plush in 

 contrasting colors. 



Thomas Sullivan has returned from 

 farm to take up his old place with 

 Geo. B. Hart. Robert Havill of same 

 firm has returned from vacation. 



George Cramer received a letter of 

 appreciation from the Rochester Ex- 

 position committee on decorations 

 thanking him very cordially for his 

 efforts in landscape decorations. 



The employees of James Vick & 

 Sons had a picnic at the summer 

 home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dildine. 

 at which 65 were present. Mr. and 

 Mrs. James Vick provided entertain- 

 ment in the home in the evening. 



Harry E. Guernoit, chauffeur for 

 Geo. Boucher, is with the 2nd Ambu- 

 lance Corps at Camp Wadsworth, 

 Spartanburg, S. C. The store force 

 motored to Buffalo, Sept. 30 to inspect 

 the flower shops, having dinner at the 

 Statler Hotel. 



CLEVELAND. 



Anthony J. Rose, of the Park Flower 

 Shop, has noticed a falling off in the 

 corsage trade since many of his 

 younger patrons went to war. 



A. B. Barber, of the Jones Russell 

 Co., is in Youngstown, directing the 

 removal of the Jones Russell branch 

 in that city to 33 East Federal street. 

 Arrangements for the opening this 

 week are being rushed. 



C. E. Russell, of the Jones Russell 

 Co.. motored to the F. T. D. conven- 

 tion at Detroit carrying a number of 

 Cleveland florists. With him will re- 

 turn John Kirschner, of Cleveland, 

 and George E. M. Stumpp, New York. 



The Schoen Floral Co. is preparing 

 a window display which will consist 

 of the telegrams and other orders re- 

 ceived from the military and naval 

 camps for flowers to be sent to the 

 mothers, wives and sweethearts of 

 the soldiers and sailors. The display 

 will not be as complete as he would 

 like to have it as a number of th«^ 

 boys request that the telegram be en- 

 closed as a memento in place of a 

 ca rd . 



Frt^d Westerberg, grower, has been 

 drafted and is in training at Chille- 

 cothe. Perry Warren Piggott. 22. 

 partner with his father. F. J. Piggott. 

 West Side florist, left for the Chllle- 

 cothe cantonment September 20, with 

 the second contingent of the national 

 army. Leonard Mesker, of .\lbert & 

 George Wilhelmi, florists on Lorain 

 avenue, has been chosen for selective 

 service. He is still at work but will 

 leave with the next contingent. 



