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HORTICULTURB 



January 16, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 

 A. F. Klls & Sons hii\«- imrtliaseil tho 

 Weat SL Greenhouses ol Reudlng. 



John A. Nelson of Kramlnpham ts 

 around asaln after a severe uiuck of 

 shingles. 



M, Aronson. the Crawford House 

 florist, has entered the wholesale field 

 and l8 handling the shipments of the 

 East Sudbury greenhouses. 



Horry Ward has severed his con- 

 nection with W. Capslick of Aubur- 

 dale and his goods at the Exchange 

 are now being handled by George 

 Cartwright. 



The epidemic of grippe has not 

 OTerlooked the florist business. 

 Amongst those laid up are Chas. 

 Robinson. A. Caplan, L. Sloane, A. H. 

 Woods, Laurence Flynn and A. Spauld- 

 Ing. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. are prepar- 

 ing a catalogue of all the new and rare 

 trees and shrubs in the Arnold Arbo- 

 retum. There are no less than 1200 

 species and varieties in the list, which 

 is still incomplete. 



Tuesday evening, January 18, will be 

 "Ladies' Night," at the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston. The new- 

 officers will be inducted and there 

 will be the usual entertainment, re- 

 freshments and dancing. 



Richard M. Saltonstall, the new pres- 

 ident of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, in his inaugural address 

 advocated two radical changes in the 

 workings of the society. President Sal- 

 tonstall declared, "I strongly recom- 

 mend the formation of classes for in- 

 struction In the various branches of 

 gardening, such as preparation of the 

 soil, planting, making cuttings, prun- 

 ing, exhibitions in the orchard of the 

 best methods for the care of fruit 

 trees, and field meetings at successful 

 commercial nurseries. I personally be- 

 lieve open air classes are what are 

 needed to revive and keep growing the 

 Interest in this society's work. I hope 

 this work will not be held too closely 

 to the the old-time beaten track, but 

 will branch out into broader fields. I 

 also suggest the reduction of the num- 

 ber of large exhibitions held by the 

 society. At present we hold twelve 

 and I think this should be reduced to 

 at least eight, with two annual shows 

 —one in the spring and fall." 



In addition to the havoc wrought by 

 the storms two weeks ago as recorded 

 in our news notes from various points, 

 belated reports of damage of more or 

 less severity have come in from Crom- 

 well, Conn., where the greenhouse 

 plants of A. N. Pierson and Magnus 

 Pierson suffered damage, and Hartford, 

 Conn., where John Coombs lost some 

 BOO lights of glass. Charles Fullick 

 of Natick, Mass.. also reported consid- 

 erable loss of glass. 



PITTSBURGH. 



.Miss Ell/.u .\l<l\inUy, of Uiindolph 

 McClouiontB', lins been conflned to the 

 liouse for tho past fortnight with an 

 aggravated form of la grippe. 



Ituy J. Dasclibach has returned from 

 a business trip in New York. Frank 

 Kilgallon, n sulesnian in his Wood 

 street shop is confined to his home 

 with pneumonia. 



While skating Charles Ottlnger, 

 aged 18 years, of Gibsonia, sank In 35 

 feet of water and was drowned in a 

 pond of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower 

 Co., at Gibsonia, yesterday afternoon, 

 while a girl companion was rescued 

 by William Habcl. an employee of the 

 flower company. 



Harry E. Graves, who has had 

 charge of the new branch shop of the 

 Zieger Company, has resigned his 

 position and gone to Los Angeles, Cal- 

 ifornia, owing to a nervous breakdown, 

 which has been pending for some time. 

 He is accompanied by his family and 

 will remain indefinitely. 



George E. Hallam of the North Side 

 is in the Allegheny General Hospital 

 for an operation for an abscess of tho 

 adnoids — the alter effects of his re- 

 cent attack of pneumonia from which 

 he had seemingly recovered about 

 Thanksgiving. Meanwhile Mrs. Hallam 

 continues in charge of his business. 



James Thompson, an employee ol 

 the E. C. Ludwig Co., who was serious- 

 ly injured in a trolley accident on 

 New Year's evening, has just been 

 removed to the Presbyterian Hospital. 

 His spine has been injured, preclud- 

 ing his recovery for at least two 

 months. Charles Thompson, a brother 

 employed in the shipping department 

 of the McCallum Company, is conva- 

 lescing from injuries received in the 

 same accident. 



Walter James, who has charge of 

 the greenhouse of W. Henry R. Hlll- 

 iard, of South Homewood avenue, has 

 a house of surpassingly beautiful cyc- 

 lamens and Farquhar's giant pink 

 and white Primula sinensis. Mr. 

 James also has the supervision of the 

 house conservatory, which is probably 

 the largest in the city. He is the 

 youngest son of the late David James, 

 the veteran commercial florist of 

 Squirrel Hill, and a brother of Edward 

 S. James, who for some years has been 

 in charge of the Hotel Schenley 

 grounds. 



Dover, N. H. — Charles L. Howe, the 

 florist, entertained a party of his em- 

 ployees at a turkey supper on the even- 

 ing of January 4, at his home and each 

 guest received a substantial souvenir 

 of the occasion. They, however, turned 

 the tables on their host by surprising 

 him with a handsome set of Havlland 

 china. It was a rare and happy occa- 

 sion. 



CHICAGO. 



Florists here are receiving their let- 

 ters from tho East decorated with the 

 flower show sticker, rtinlnding them 

 that It Is time to plan for that event. 



Two deaths have oicurrcd uniong the 

 reHillers this week: one who has been 

 t-ngaged in business here over a quar- 

 ter of a century, and the other but just 

 beginning. lAirther notice appears In 

 our obituary culiimns. 



It is doubtful if Chicago parks* were 

 ever enjoyed in the summer as they 

 are just now. The commissioners re- 

 sponded to requi'sis to have the low 

 places flooded, and good skating keeps 

 the parks filled with happy youngsters. 



Frank Oechslin's new and handsome 

 dwelling house is now nearing comple- 

 tion. It is opposite his greenhouses, 

 but Mr. Oechslin does not believe in 

 keeping his work constantly before 

 him, so he has faced hl.s house around 

 the other way. 



D. P. Roy is now nicely located In 

 a large airy room, where his growing 

 trade can be handled more convenient- 

 ly. Mr. Roy, who has just returned 

 from a northern business trip, says 

 the flower seed business is active now, 

 also that hydrangeas are moving well. 



The many friends of John Poehlmann 

 will be pained to learn of his serious 

 illness. After several weeks' absence 

 from the store, he was still far from 

 well and Jan. 7th an operation was 

 resorted to in the hope of bettering 

 his condition. The results were not 

 satisfactory and his condition is re- 

 garded as critical. 



The wholesale flower stores have 

 such a deserted appearance that, upon 

 entering, one is Impressed with the 

 idea that the occupants have moved 

 out. The big tables thai a few weeks 

 ago vv'ere filled to overflowing, now 

 hold a vase or two. or possibly nothing 

 al all. Flowers disappear so fast that 

 the tables are empty most of the time. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



A committee of five was appointed 

 at a recent meeting of the creditors of 

 the Luther Burbank Co. to work out 

 a plan for reorganization. 



Frank G. Cuthbertson, with C. C. 

 Morse & Co., is giving considerable at- 

 tention to the preparations for the 

 Sweet Pea Show which is to be held 

 in this city in June under the auspices 

 of the American Sweet Pea Society. 



A new florist shop has been opened 

 on F street in Eureka, Cal., by the 

 Cottage Gardens Nurseries, of which 

 C. W. Ward is head, but it is under- 

 stood the present establishment is 

 only temporary, and that a much bet- 

 ter place will be fitted up shortly. 



