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HOirnCDLTURE 



October 20, 1917 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



KdMurd Towill has on exhibition 

 thl« week in the Pennork Pros, win- 

 dow on Chestnut street Mime fine 

 blooniN of the new rose Mrs. Stotes- 

 bury. He is quite enthusiustie about 

 this new comer and feels that it will 

 prove a strong rival to Killarney and 

 Maryland. It is a strong grower and 

 heavy producer. 



Arnold K. Arnold he-ad of the Floral 

 Nurseries Co.. has made a hit with 

 the souvenir which his company is 

 givinp out in celebration of the open- 

 ing of their city store. It is a beauti- 

 ful tile aiid memo, cabinet, an orna- 

 ment and necessity for any desk. From 

 now on we will have to call them the 

 "peerless, fearless, faultless. Floral 

 Nurseries." 



Charles E. Meehan at No. 5 So. Mole 

 street is now thoroughly equipped and 

 doing an active wholesale flower busi- 

 ness — handling some of the best prod- 

 ucts of the vicinity. In addition to 

 the veteran Sam Lilly he has associ- 

 ated with him another good old timer, 

 Ed. Dornheim who has had wide ex- 

 perience and is well and favorably 

 known to the trade. 



Following up our news item of last 

 week we are informed that the Edgely 

 Greenhouses are operating under the 

 official title: "Floral Nurseries; 

 tlrowers and Wholesalers." They 

 make a specialty of roses, gardenias 

 and plumosus, and their city estab- 

 lishment at No. 9 So. Mole street, 

 which opened on the 15th. inst.. under 

 the management of W'm. Earnslaw, 

 will handle their own production, 

 which has the highest reputation all 

 over the country; and in addition, the 

 specialties of many other growers, 

 thus widening the field so that every 

 retailer may find the best that is go- 

 ing along the whole line. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Miss Rebecca Shaffer has taken the 

 position of bookkeeper for G. P. 

 Weaklen. 



Michael Kronis has returned from 

 New York, where lie spent a week in 

 the interest of his growing business. 



Norbert Huttingen. formerly with 

 G. P. Weaklen, has entered the em- 

 ploy of Mr. Kronis at his Alpha Flow- 

 er Shop, East Liberty. 



The Pennsylvania State College has 

 arranged an innovation for the riim- 

 ing winter In a course lor farmers, 

 the tuition of which will be free. 



.Mrs. P. A. Wolfert lias succeeded N. 

 Shelby Griffith as manager of the Fox 

 Flower Shop. Mr. Griffith, who opened 

 the shop last spring, is now in charge 

 of the family greenhouse at Monessen. 



Julius W. Ludwig is chairman of 

 the local committee for -the S. A. F. 



national publicity campaign Fred 

 MiirUi and .Inmes Moore, of the West 

 Park, are also members of the coni- 

 mltiee. 



L. F. Post, vice-president of the I. 

 U. Scott Seed Company, has returned 

 from a two months' business trip 

 throughout Pennsylvania and western 

 .New York. He report* business 

 throughout mu<-h better than a year 

 ago. 



The vacation force of Normnn S. 

 lirubbs. agriculturist of Allegheny 

 County, has been disbanded. Wllhird 

 S. Ilager, of Canton, Pa., and Gilbert 

 S. Watts, who had charge of the Car- 

 rlck district, have returned to their 

 studies at Penn. State College. .Mr. 

 Watts is the son of Dean Watts of the 

 State College School of Agriculture. 

 George T. Broadbent returned to Phil- 

 adelphia, to enter the employ of W. .M- 

 lee liurpee & Co., while 11. T. Coleman, 

 who supervised the Westinghouse 

 gardens, has been retained. S. A. 

 Nicholson, a New Jersey man. who 

 was stationed in the Wilkinsburg dis- 

 trict, has been drafted into the Na- 

 tiomil service. R. R. Chambers, who 

 had the .McKeesport work, has since 

 entered the state of matrimony with 

 a North Side young women, his busi- 

 ness location as yet being unan- 

 nounced. 



CLEVELAND. 



F. R. Williams, of the Cleveland Cut 

 Flower Co., left for a trip up the lakes 

 as far as Duluth, Tuesday, October it. 



Since the opening of school, delivery 

 boys have been scarce according to 

 S. H. Herthold, of the Cleveland I'lant 

 & Flower Co. 



W. Q. Potter reports the arrival of 

 fine double violets from the Hudson 

 River stock. They are coming through 

 without the usual delays. 



J. W. Kolisky, in charge of the 

 Flower Shop, in the Taylor Arcade, 

 claims to be the prize war gardener 

 of the trade in Cleveland and shows 

 in evidence a turnip weighing six and 

 one-half pounds. 



Cleveland and Akron florists were 

 present at the grand opening by A. H. 

 Barber, of his new Youngstown 

 branch, which took' place Wednesday. 

 October 10. Among those present 

 were George Hate, of the Cleveland 

 Cut Flower Co.; John Frehtus and 

 J. W. Kolisky, of the Cleveland stores, 

 and Mr. Cope, in charge of the Akron 

 branch. The new store is at 3:^ East 

 Federal street, in the center of the 

 city, and is attractively finished In 

 silver oak with fixtures to match. 



Carl Hennett, florist at 1406 East 

 105th street, surprised a man early 

 Tuesday morning, October 9, trying to 



start his automobile. Inatead of dis- 

 turbing him Hennett secured his re- 

 volver and llred three shuts. The 

 man fell unce, but recovered himself 

 and escaptd. I'tilice believe he wag 

 hit and searched hospitals and doc- 

 tors' otilces fur him, but without avail. 

 Aulo stealing bus become so common 

 in Cleveland that citizens no longer 

 parley with the thugs, but shoot to 

 kill on sight. Hennett found twelve 

 master keys for magnetos In the car. 



Cleveland florists were much Inter- 

 ested in the news of the catching of 

 the alleged murderer of F. C. Hartels, 

 superintendent of the J. M. Casser Co. 

 greenhouses. The man under arrest 

 Is Julius Kish, aged 2« years, a former 

 employee of the greenhouse, who was 

 identified by strings found In the 

 pocket of a cast-off sweater. The 

 strings were identical with those used 

 III the greenhouse to tie up rose 

 bushes. Confronted with this evi- 

 dence Kish broke down and made a 

 written confession stating that his 

 aim was to get the $700 pay roll from 

 the superintendent's house with a 

 view to paying back money he had 

 borrowed to finance a patent door 

 luck. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 Grimm & Gorly have the decorations 

 tor the Laundry Men's Convention at 

 the Planters' Hotel. 



J. P. Gadd has erected a house 10 

 x 100 in the county and is growing 

 chrysanthemums, mostly late varie- 

 ties. Following these he will grow 

 sweet peas. 



The chairmen of the local commit- 

 tee for the National Flower Show 

 have already started planning for the 

 work. Headquarters have been estab- 

 lished at 307 Commercial Building In 

 which all committee meetings will be 

 held. The office will be in charge of 

 Secretary J. J. Beneke. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Eugene, Ore.— Rae Floral Co., house 

 30 X 75. 



Greenwich, N. Y.— Harry Moore- 

 house, Hill street, one house. 



Kewanee, III.— Thurwanger & Son, 

 house L'.') X 10(1. 



New Albany, Ind. — Anders Rasmus- 

 sen, rebiiiliiing. 



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