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11 OUT {CULTURE 



January 29, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



Alois Kroy. of I'rown Point, Ind., 

 is again sliippinK his froesin to this 

 marlxet. It comes in most exquisite 

 shades of lavender, pink and cream, 

 as well as In pure white, and is cut 

 with stems 14 inches in length. 



C. 13. Knickman is mal<inK his semi- 

 annual visit tliis weeii in the interest 

 of McHutclilson & Co.. New Yorli. He 

 is on his way to the I'acilic coast. Mr. 

 Knickman says his nrni is having an 

 unusually iiooA business. 



Among the largest carnations seen 

 at E. C. Amling's this week are some 

 of light pink Biichantress. That this 

 variety is holding its own with many 

 growers is evident, for some stock is 

 seen now which equals any sold here 

 in the past. 



Friends of Albert Cole. American 

 Beauty salesman at E. C. Amling's, 

 were startled to read. Friday, of the 

 death by gas of some one bearing the 

 same name and living on the same 

 side of the city. The Albert Cole, 

 florist, is very much alive. 



One of the things that finds favor 

 this year, more than last, is the pussy 

 willow. The Chicago Flower Grow- 

 ' ers' Association seems to be head- 

 quarters for this stock which brings 

 suggestions of spring, resiardless of 

 temperature, and tlie last shipment of 

 200 bunches was disposed of in 24 

 hours. They add a toucli to window 

 and house decorations tliat nothing 

 else gives. 



The Chicago Woman's Outdoor Art 

 League is doing much practical work 

 for this city. Since the move was 

 made for free gardens two bungalows 

 were built and maintained for the 

 gardeners who directed the work and 

 a shelter for the children while the 

 parents worked, and now they have 

 taken over the maintenance of the 

 field house at the Foster Avenue Gar- 

 dens. This same league has been de- 

 termined in its fight against tl'-3 bill 

 board nuisance and with good results. 



A sudden change in temperature 

 and a steady downpour which re- 

 sulted in a flood, turned the strenuous 

 work of keeping up steam in the 

 greenhouses to keeping out the water. 

 With the thermometer many degrees 

 below zero, a sudden leap upward, 

 with the heaviest January downpour 

 ever recorded by the Chicago weather 

 bureau, greenhouse men had a severe 

 test of their ability to think and act 

 quickly In emergencies. Chicago, 

 Davenport and Kansas City florists 

 were hardest hit. 



Presidents of the women's clubs of 

 Chicago have received notice of the 

 intention of the Department of the 

 Interior to distribute portfolios of 

 nine picture pamphlets, under the 

 title of "Our National Parks." A few 

 copies are to be sent to each club in 

 the National Federation. The an- 

 nouncement closes with the follow- 

 ing: "To become acquainted with our 

 national parks is one of the greatest 

 needs of the American people today. 

 The Department of the Interior 1b 

 providing a splendid opportunity. 



Let us du uur part iu this patriotic 

 work." 



tirowers of bullis here are having 

 their troubles on account of the over- 

 heated condition of tlie bulbs last fall. 

 As the representatives of the Holland 

 bulb houses arrive, seeking orders, the 

 subject becomes at once a vital one. 

 Talks with the Chicago growers bring 

 to light the fact that the bulbs which 

 crossed on the Hyndam are almost in- 

 variably worthless. One grower had 

 150,000 bulbs prove failures and in 

 that order were 50,000 Golden Spurs 

 and 50,0110 Prosperity, the latter being 

 an improvement over Lorraine and 

 were to have been used for cut flowers. 

 The high prices of bulbous stock is 

 partly caused by the heavy losses in 

 bulbs. 



BOSTON. 



J-lerbert Sloane. of the New England 

 Florist Supply Co.. was married Tues- 

 day, Jan. 25, to .Miss Frances Gris- 

 haver. of Winthrop. and left immed- 

 iately on a wedding tour of New York, 

 Philadelphia and Baltimore. 



Amongst the party that left Boston 

 for the carnation show at St. Louis 

 were S. J. Goddard and William 

 Nicholson, of Framingham, Mass., A. 

 Roper, of Tewksbury, C. Strout, of 

 Biddeford. .Me., and Ernest Saunders. 

 Lewiston. Me. 



Penn The h^lorist has given up the 

 store on Bromfield street which he 

 has long occupied and will make the 

 new store recently opened on Tre- 

 mont street his e.xclusive headquar- 

 ters. This week the show window of 

 the new place has been devoted to 

 Scotch topics in honor of the anni- 

 versary of the birth of Robert Burns. 

 A statue of the poet, figures dressed 

 in tartan, quotations from Burns, 

 ericas and other approjiriate material 

 make a notable scene and large 

 crowds surround the window. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Mr. and .Mr.s. .lolm Burton of Chest- 

 nut Hill are enjoying the sea breezes 

 at Atlantic City for a week. 



Edwin J. Fancourt. of the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co.. went on the sick list on 

 the 25th. His physician reports that 

 it is a bad cold complicated with rheu- 

 matism. 



George Anderson continues to im- 

 prove a little although he is not able 

 to walk much as yet. The physicians 

 are at present relying on the osteo- 

 pathic treatment in order to improve 

 the circulation. Everything that can 

 be done is being done and we hope to 

 see his sturdy figure in the usual 

 spheres of activity at an early date. 



Beginning on January 1, William 

 Saville, lately with Charles L. Stanley. 

 Plainfleld. New Jersey, took charge as 

 superintendent of Henry F. Michel! 

 Co.'s growing establishment at Anda- 

 lusia, Pa. The firm has just completed 

 three new houses 25x125 ft. for pot 

 roses for spring trade, also a connect- 

 ing house o5 X \4?, ft., into which thir- 

 teen other houses open. A King- 



Kit lum by.stcui lia.. Juht brtii in.stallcd 

 to heat all the houses fioni a central 

 point. A new oHlie bulldltig and gar- 

 age will be l)uilt (his spring. The firm 

 is also buying a three-tnn Packard 

 tru<k to run from the growing estab- 

 lishment to tile store in Philadelphia, 

 and has leased an additional 10 acres ot 

 land, which now gives II 00 acres un- 

 der cultivation. 



NEW YORK. 



Herman Wi is.-^, loinierly with U. C. 

 .Arnold & Co., has gone into the whole- 

 sale commission florists' business for 

 himself at lOG West 28th St. 



The carnation is doing its little turn 

 at St. Louis this week, and New York 

 will be as usual creditably represented 

 there. Among the larger growers of 

 the divine flower in this section Henry 

 Weston, the new president of the New 

 York Florists' Club, stands in the front 

 rank, and his place at Hempstead is 

 always interesting to visit. Carnations 

 are only one of several special crops 

 grown there, but the number of carna- 

 tion plants alone must be well up to 

 40.000. There is one large house of 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward which has been mak- 

 ing good money this season. Particu- 

 larly admirable is a pink seedling. En- 

 chantress Supremo type, but decidedly 

 ahead of that variety in form of flower 

 and purity of tint. Two fine varie- 

 gated seedlings will stand high in their 

 class if their promise is fulfilled. One. 

 named Mrs. J. H. Pepper, is sharply 

 striped, in the way ot Benora but with 

 more color than that popular sort. The 

 other is only sparsely striped but bears 

 an enormous bloom. Spencer sweet 

 peas fill a house 4C x 300. They are 

 planted in eight rows lengthwise and 

 the vines are now 10 ft. in height and 

 bearing heavily — a sight well worth a 

 visit. Among the interesting things 

 are a bench of lupines and one of an- 

 nual larkspurs, both of which are grad- 

 ually attaining a iilace in the winter 

 cut-flower market. Antirrhinums, cal- 

 las, ferns, kentias. and promiscuous 

 material needed to supply the local 

 cemetery trade are among the other 

 crops that find room and attention in 

 this prosperous establishment. 



PROVIDENCE, R. 1. 



Theodore R. Peterson of the Hogg 

 Greenhouses, this city, who went to 

 California last fall has not returned 

 home and nothing has been heard from 

 him. During his absence. .Miss Mar- 

 shall, his bookkeeper, has been in 

 charge of the plant. 



Several of the larger growers in this 

 city and vicinity have begun an inves- 

 tigation into the advisability of install- 

 ing oil burning machinery to replace 

 the coal boilers and are going to de- 

 termine whether or not it is practical 

 for their purposes. If the plan is found 

 to be a practical one, new houses will 

 be equipped with oil burning boilers. 

 The present high price of coal has con- 

 vinced the larger growers that some 

 step in this direction is imperative. 



