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HORTICULTURE 



November 10, 1917 



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CHICAGO. 



Fred Lautensc-hlaKer left for his an- 

 nual trip to the flower shows, where 

 the merits of the Kroeschejl Hollers 

 will be impressed upon visitors and 

 exhibitors, as only he ean do it. 



Chas. Sainuelson has returned from 

 a visit to his apple orchard in Idaho. 

 He reports a good crop but says there 

 were many whose fruit was greatly 

 injured by the early freeze. 



The Chicago Florists' Club meeting 

 of Nov. 8th was postponed to permit 

 its members to attend the flower 

 shows at Galesburg. 111.. Des Moines. 

 Iowa, and Cleveland. Ohio. The next 

 meeting will be held Nov. 1.5th at the 

 Briggs House at 8 p. m. 



A daring holdup was carried out 

 with such success that the Sefton 

 Manuf. Co. is minus $7,000 for its 

 monthly payroll. As their paymaster 

 was nearing the factory Oct. 31st, ac- 

 companied by a policeman, they were 

 attacked and robbed. Xearby. autos 

 were in waiting and the daring rob- 

 bers escaped. 



The National Association of Garden- 

 ers will meet in Chicago. Dec. 5, 6 and 

 7. The committee of arrangements is 

 meeting today. Nov. 5th. and a fine 

 program and entertainment is planned, 

 including a luncheon at the summer 

 home of .1. Ogden Armour, whose gar- 

 dener Thos. W. Head is president of 

 the Association. 



Mr. and Mrs. Jas. G. Hancock had 

 a brief visit with their daughter Franc 

 when she passed through Chicago on 

 her way to Washington. D. C, where 

 she was called to confer with Food 

 Administrator Hoover. Miss Hancock 

 has her commission to supervise the 

 women's work in the state of Nevada, 

 where she has been for the past two 

 months lecturing on food conservation. 



Florists are seldom appealed to in 

 vain, but the results are not always 

 so satisfactory as in this case. One of 

 the young ladies of the Quadrangle 

 Club of the University of Chicago was 

 given ten dollars' worth of flow^ers by 

 .John Mangel, the Palmer House Flor- 

 ist, and some material for making up 

 was donated by .Johnson & Cronis. 

 They made up into boutonniers and 

 sold netting $125 for the Red Cross. 



The reports of some of the large re- 

 tailers regarding the excellent keep- 

 ing qualities of the Avestern chrysan- 

 themums are not welcomed by the 

 wholesalers. As stated in Chicago 

 notes two weeks ago. "this refers to 

 early ones only." That our early 

 chrysanthemums w^ere not as good as 

 usual this year has been heard in the 

 market till it needs no repetition. A 

 cold, cloudy month preceded their en- 

 trance into the cut-flower market and 

 they had to stand the test of competi- 

 tion, side by side with the big strong 



blooms grown practically out of doors 

 in the sunshine of the I'acillc slope. 

 The home stock now being cut Is In 

 tine condition and its keeping quali- 

 ties unimpaired, while the coast blooms 

 are nearing the end of their season. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Carl Volker. formerly with the A. W. 

 Smith Co.. has re-enlisted in the lloral 

 department of Kaufman Brothers. 



Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Ludwig and 

 Miss .lean Daniels will leave on .Mon- 

 day next to spend a few weeks at At- 

 lanta. Ga. 



The Pittsburgh Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club has changed Its head- 

 quarters from the Fort Pitt Hotel to 

 the North Side Carnegie Hall. 



The first exhibition of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Western Penn. was 

 held on last Friday and Saturday in 

 the rooms of the .Jackson Sales Com- 

 pany. 



The following are among those at- 

 tending the National Flower Show in 

 Cleveland: Carl Decherer. David W. 

 Praser. .lames Moore. Manus Curran. 

 William Thompson and A. A. Leach. 



Peter Matsukes, formerly in bu.si- 

 ness at the East Liberty Station. I'. 

 R. R.. has started an attractive flower 

 shop at 6214 Penn avenue with his 

 brother .John .1. Matsukes as head 

 salesman. 



On Friday afternoon of last week 

 Frederick Wissenbach addressed the 

 members of the Garden Club of Alle- 

 gheny County, whom his employer. 

 AndreV W. Mellon, entertained, on the 

 .growing of outside chrysanthemums. 



.Accompanied by his family. Fred 

 Burki of the Pittsburgh Flower Com- 

 pany, left on last Friday night to 

 spend the winter on the Pacific coast. 

 Prior to his departure. Mr. Burki's 

 business associates gave the family a 

 farewell dinner at the Hotel Chatham. 



The G. P. Weaklen Company has 

 purchased the holdings of the Land- 

 scape Floral Co.. including 6% acres 

 of land with ten greenhouses, dwelling 

 and all the stock and equipment, for 

 the consideration of $21,000. The 

 property will be operated in connec- 

 tion with the Weaklen store at East 

 Liberty. 



About $5,000 in prizes were recently 

 awarded in the garden and flower con- 

 test of the Wilmerding Welfare Club 

 and the Westlnghouse Airbrake Com- 

 pany. There were one hundred and 

 twelve contestants, Mrs. M. Youngs- 

 honls winning the $1,000 prize for 

 flower culture and general appearance 

 of grounds. 



The landscape department sta£f of 

 the A. W. Smith Co. has again been 

 depleted by the departure of Howard 

 E. Andrews on last Monday with the 

 Reserve Signal Corps fqr Governor's 



Island, N. Y. MIhs Helen SpauldIng, 

 who has been with the same firm, has 

 resigned owing to indifferent health 

 and will return to her home In Con- 

 necticut. 



One of the attractions of Pennsyl- 

 vania Day on Saturday last at State 

 Collpgo, Pa., was the exhibition of 

 fruits and veKCtables by the Crab Apple 

 club, a student organization of the 

 Department of Horticulture. The an- 

 nual intercollegiate fruit judging con- 

 test, by teams representing a number 

 of eastern agricultural colleges, will 

 be held this year In December. 



CLEVELAND. 

 Friends of Fred Westcrburg, grower 

 of near Warrensville, who is now in 

 the national army at CblUicothe, will 

 l)e pleased to know that he has been 

 made a sergeant. He was in camp 

 little more than a week before he was 

 advanced. 



Three new flower stands have been 

 opened in Cleveland during the past 

 week with the opening of two new 

 market houses in the East End, one 

 at the East lOoth and Euclid market. 

 by Miss Pearl Adam, formerly with 

 Mis.s Christine, and the other by Ger- 

 trude Burkhardt and Edward C. Bauers, 

 brother and sister, and which will 

 be operated distinct from the Burk- 

 hardt Floral Co.. at 8528 Broadway. 

 A third stand has been opened in tne 

 East lp5th and St. Clair market house 

 as a selling branch of the A. C. Fox 

 flower and seed store at 10504 St. 

 Clair avenue. 



Owing to the advance in materials 

 and the increased cost of doing busi- 

 ness the Wholesale Florists' Credit 

 Association sent notice October 30 to 

 the florist trade of Cleveland and 

 vicinity stating that it will be neces- 

 sary on and after November 1 to ship 

 all goods C. O. D. to customers who 

 have not settled accounts within 

 thirty days after the date of the first 

 statement. For example, if an ac- 

 count due and payable November 10 

 is not paid by October 1. C. O. D. 

 terms will prevail and will be strictly 

 enforced. This action is in accord- 

 ance with the request of the National 

 Association of Credit Men to the ef- 

 fect that terms of sale be strictly ad- 

 hered to and that all accounts be kept 

 in a liquid condition. Retailers were 

 also urged to sell for cash whenever 

 possible and to discourage the open- 

 ing of charge accounts. 



