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HORTICULTURE 



Kpbruary 6, 1«16 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Mrs. Cieor};e C. Sliaflfor is ii'porled 

 to be Knidimlly Improviiit; lioni quite 

 a serious illness which hns kept her 

 confined to her home for several 

 weeks. 



I.ouis H. Hohman has returned to 

 his old job at Gude Hros." store. He 

 left the employ of this concern to en- 

 gage in the Insurance business but 

 finds flower store work far more at- 

 tractive. 



The New Cochran Flower Shop was 

 opened last week in the hotel of that 

 name by J. Richards, who was former- 

 ly in the employ of Fred H. Kramer 

 and who for a number of years has 

 been connected with other florists In 

 the Center Market. All of the fixtures 

 are In white and present a remarkably 

 neat appearance. 



A series of free public lectures was 

 begun last week at the School of Hor- 

 ticulture of the Maryland Agricultural 

 College. Two lectures were given each 

 evening. The concluding lectures on 

 February 4 are "Hardy Perennials 

 Around the House." by Prof. Bert W. 

 Anspon, and "Rose Growing." by Prof. 

 F. L. Mulford, of the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Permits have just been issued by the 

 British Foreign Office at London in 

 favor of the Henry F. Michell Com- 

 pany. Phila., Pa., and Frank Netschert 

 Co.." New York. I'nder these permits, 

 which guarantee the unmolested ship- 

 ment of the merchandise from Rotter- 

 dam, the first-named will secure nearly 

 5000 pounds of vegetable seeds valued 

 at $590. while the latter will receive a 

 shipment of florists' supplies of Ger- 

 man origin valued at 1724 marks. 



The National Botanic Gardens will 

 not be moved from the present site if 

 Senator John Sharp Williams, of Mis- 

 sissippi, who has charge of matters 

 pertaining to the Gardens, has his way, 

 for he has stated that in his belief the 

 garden and greenhouses should be kept 

 where they are, accessible to the thou- 

 sands of school children of the city 

 and to men and women who could not 

 visit them if located as proposed in 

 Rock Creek or Potomac parks. Mr. 

 Williams stated that he "has no ob- 

 jection, if Congress sees fit. to the es- 

 tablishment of a garden in either of 

 these parks, where every known kind 

 of plant life can be grown and ex- 

 hibited, but, in my opinion, the present 

 Botanic Garden should be continued 

 "where it is." The friends of the late 

 William R. Smith would also regret to 

 see the Gardena removed from the spot 

 selected by him. 



Despite the hue. and cry late last 

 year that there would be a marked 

 shortage of foreign flowering plants 

 for the Easter trade, the local estab- 

 lishments are already showing stock 

 that bids fair to outclass previous 

 years. At Gude's azalea plants now 

 offered elicit much favorable comment. 

 It is somewhat early for the best tu- 

 lips, yet those now to be had are well 

 worthy of mention. Jonquils are also 



good, and cyclamen and Begonia Glory 

 of Cincinnati are sales bringers. While 

 lilac cut and potted is in good demand. 

 In commenting upon present condi- 

 tions. William F. Gude states that his 

 firm is trying to get away from the 

 use of .\mericaii Beauty roses in din- 

 ner decorations as much as possible 

 at this time. Spring flowers are i)lenti- 

 ful and they are using tlu'se In many 

 instances where roses formerly were 

 demanded. Primroses, cyclamen and 

 lilacs are being largely used this year 

 for dinner decorations. 



CHICAGO. 



Marks Bros, will add three new- 

 houses to their range this spring. 



O. J. Friedman has moved two doors 

 farther south to 516 S. Michigan Ave. 



Frank Oechslin is on a business trip 

 in the Fast, accompanied by Mrs. 

 Oechslin. 



John Poehlmann is so far recovered 

 from his recent operation that he was 

 removed on Sunday from the hospital 

 to his home. 



The Automobile Show of 1916, just 

 closed, has left in its wake the usual 

 number of purchasers and would he's, 

 of whom a fair proportion are florists. 



August and Adolph Poehlmann were 

 both confined to their beds with grippe 

 over the week end. Used to overcom- 

 ing obstacles, these gentlemen will 

 soon be about again. 



Harry Heinl and Frank Schramm of 

 Toledo. Ohio, were here looking over 

 various greenhouses with an idea of 

 getting pointers for building. They 

 w-ere at Poehlmann Bros. Saturday. 



It is not often that any flower is too 

 abundant in the Chicago market, but 

 double violets have been in that class 

 for several days. Buyers have not 

 made the price on any other flower 

 since early December. 



The Chicago representation at the 

 American Carnation Society meeting 

 at St. Louis, Mo., are returning with 

 good accounts of the meeting and ex- 

 hibition. The after discussions be- 

 tween the men who are to turn the 

 flowers into money are most interest- 

 ing and would i)erhaps tend to show 

 the commercial value c{ the flmver in 

 a truer light. 



The growth of the city will soon 

 cause another landmark to become a 

 memory. There are plenty of florists 

 who can remember when the Geo. Witt- 

 bold greenhouses at Buckingham place 

 weie away out, and a trip there was 

 something to be planned ahead for. 

 Now they are surrounded by apart- 

 ments and other residential property, 

 and the ground must be given up to 

 make room for more places to house 

 the people and provide for their needs. 

 The Geo. Wittbold Co.. established 

 many years ago by the late Geo. Witt- 

 bold, will build farther out and erect 

 an apariiiient with store on the old 

 site 



BOSTON. 



A. Sorenson. foreman at the Hano- 

 ver Greenhouses, Hanover, .Mass.. has 

 purchased a greenhouse at Marlboro, 

 .Mass.. and will grow carnations. 



The growers who attended the St. 

 Louis show arrived back in Boston 

 Saturday morning. The Eastern dele- 

 gation have reason to be proud of 

 their record which was as follows: 

 There were nine entries by S. J. God- 

 dard. eight by C. S. Strout. three by 

 A. Roper, four by E. Saunders, six by 

 W. Lenk— a total of thirty. Twenty- 

 six prizes were taken as follows: S. 

 Goddard nine, C. Strout eight. A. Rop- 

 er two. E. Saunders four. W Lenk 

 three. 



Dr. George T. Moore, the eminent 

 biological chemist and director of the 

 Missouri Botanical Gardens, on Janu- 

 ary 29. lecturing at Horticultural Hall, 

 pictured graphically how Boston might 

 use some iiortion of the Fenway for 

 beautiful botanical gardens where 

 thousands of peoiile might enjoy the 

 beauties of tropical and temperate na- 

 ture at all times of the year. Dr. Moore 

 flashed on the screen many pictures of 

 the famous Shaw gardens of St. Louis, 

 which cover 125 acres. These gardens 

 are visited by thousands of St. Louis 

 school children at various seasons of 

 the year. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 held a special session at the Parker 

 House, on Saturday evening, January 

 29th. to extend a welcome to Dr. 

 George T. Moore of St. Louis. Other 

 invited guests were Prof. L. C. Elson 

 of the N. E. Conservatory of Music 

 and Henry .M. Hutchings of Boston. 

 The table was resplendent with aca- 

 cias and sweet peas from Thomas 

 Roland and there were superb speci- 

 mens of -Mrs. Moorfleld Storey rose 

 from Waban Rose Conservatories and 

 giant mignonette from M. A. Patten. 



At the regular monthly meeting on 

 Wednesday evening, February 2, Fred 

 A. Wilson gave a talk on the technical 

 and scientific aspects of greenhouse 

 construction, illustrated by working 

 models. The guests of the evening 

 were Hon. Samuel W. McCall, Governor 

 of Massachusetts; W. P. Rich, secretary 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society; Prof. Louis C. Elson; Arthur 

 Elson, and Wm. H. Sayward, sec- 

 retary of the Master Builders' As- 

 sociation. The banquet table was ar- 

 tistically decorated by M. A. Patten 

 and Wm. Sim. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — William A. Clark 

 and T. P. Langhans of the Pittsburgh 

 Cut Flower Company, spent last Mon- 

 day at their plant at Bakerstown. Oli- 

 ver H. Langhans and William T. Us- 

 singer, representatives of the same 

 firm, are on a western business trip. 

 Mr. Ussinger had just returned to busi- 

 ness after ten days' detention at home 

 from the grippe. 



