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11 O KT I C U LTURE 



February 26, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



PITTSBURGH. 



Accompanied by a relative. Mrs. E. 

 .\. WIIIInniB left Inst wi'ek to spend a 

 n)onth In the South. 



DoKorost W. I.udwig. who has been 

 critlcall.v III for several weeks, is now 

 able to sit up a little while each day. 



G. P. Weaklin returned on Wednes- 

 day from .\lloona. I'a.. where he went 

 to attend the funeral of his sister, Miss 

 .-Mma Weaklin. 



The A. W. Smith Company has just 

 issued an attractive booklet under the 

 caption of "In Sliakes|ieare'.s Garden." 

 This booklet is intended primarily as 

 a help in making a "Shakespeare 

 Flower Garden." 



G. Wessenauer, of "The Flower 

 Shop," Sewickley, has just added a 

 second auto truck to his equipment. 

 Mr. Wessenauer has an enviable repu- 

 tation for exceptionally artistic bas- 

 kets of spring bulb flowers. 



Joseph Koenig, who has charge of 

 the decorating department of the A. W. 

 Smith Co., has the sympathy of his 

 friends in the death of his mother, 

 Mrs. Joseph Koenig, who died last Sat- 

 urday morning in St. Josepli's Hospi- 

 tal. 



The correspondent of Horticultuhe 

 received anything but a warm recep- 

 tion upon calling upon the Pittsburgh 

 Cut Flower Co. last Monday. The al- 

 most zero atmosphere was not caused 

 through discourtesy on the part of the 

 firm, but was entirely owing to a re- 

 fractory boiler, which refused to work. 



Edward Shelton James, who recently 

 assumed charge of the roof green- 

 house for the Fort Pitt and William 

 Penn hotels, is most strenuously pre- 

 paring for the opening of the William 

 Penn on March 15. He has just re- 

 ceived large shipments of decorative 

 plants and a lot of high-class vases and 

 pedestals for the occasion. 



M. ICn. ,-.-.; 



iiii .Mr. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Louis C. Hohman who resigned from 

 his position with the Gude Bros. Com- 

 pany, some time ago to engage in the 

 insurance business is back on the job 

 again with his former employers. Mr. 

 Hohman says the florist business has 

 the insurance game beaten to a stand- 

 still. 



Considerable enthusiasm is being 

 manifested among the local florists 

 over the coming trip to the Philadel- 

 phia flower show. Harry Lewis, chair- 

 man of the committee on arrange- 

 ments, is hard at work getting his 

 reservations for the special train in 

 shape and declares that the Washing- 

 ton contingent will number fully a 

 hundred. 



President George H. Cooke, of the 

 local Florists' Club, has been assigned 

 to the manufacturers' committee of 

 the Washington Chamber of Com- 

 merce, Treasurer William F. Gude will 

 be on the membership committee, Ed- 

 ward S. Schmid has been named for 

 the retail trade committee and Wil- 



Cooke. Some showing for the local 

 dub 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 Walter Davis, the popular commis- 

 sion man, who was hurt recently In an 

 auto accident, is back to his olllco at 

 17th and Uanstead street once more 

 but is still far from well. 



William H. Leonard, rose grower, 

 Lansdowne, has added the commission 

 business to his other interests. He 

 has an interest in the Philadelphia 

 Cut Flower Exchange, started last 

 summer by Messrs. Deutscher, Glazer 

 and himself, and will ship all his roses 

 to that company for sale. 



Mr. Fancourt reports from Washing- 

 ton Feb. 18th that Gude Bros, are cut- 

 ting quite freely of sweet peas at pres- 

 ent and have promised to send a good 

 batch of seedlings and unnamed varie- 

 ties to the monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia on 

 March 7th which that body has set 

 aside specially as Sweet Pea Night. 

 Howard M. Earl, manager for W. At- 

 lee Burpee & Co., will be the speaker 

 of the evening. Messrs. Gude will also 

 send an exhibit of the new rose Red 

 Radiance. Among others who have 

 promised to send exhibits for this 

 meeting are C. S. Loeffler, Lititz, Pa., 

 Elmer J. Weaver, Ronks, Pa.; and 

 Yeatman & Way, Kennett Sq., Pa. Ex- 

 hibits are also expected from several 

 growers in New York and New Eng- 

 land. 



NEW YORK. 



Our note last week to the effect that 

 the Schedule Committee of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show would meet on 

 every Wednesday afternoon was a mis- 

 take. The committee's labors are 

 completed and the final schedule will 

 be sent out March 1st. 



Mr. and Mrs. John Rovos had a har- 

 rowing experience when their little 

 child, Margaret, wandered away from 

 her father's flower store on West 96th 

 street last Thursday noon and disap- 

 peared. They finally located her at 

 the Foundling Hospital in 68th street 

 on Friday morning, where she had 

 been well cared for. 



Robins, crocuses, geese flying north- 

 ward, "that tired feeling," and some 

 other signs of approadiing spring — all 

 are liable to mislead and disappoint 

 but when we see the red flag flung out 

 to the breezes of Vesey street after 

 having been furled for several months 

 of winter then we realize that there's 

 no mistake — spring has come. W. J. 

 Elliott tells us to look for it on March 

 7th. His shipments of Holland stock 

 are on hand and promptly at 11 A. M. 

 he will get out his little hammer and 

 the noise will start. Better go down 

 and help stir things up? 



CHICACiU. 



Robert .MiTcdllh, for sevoral years 

 cashier at Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 passed away Feb. 20th. 



Mrs, T. K. Waters has again re- 

 turned from the hospital where she bu 

 been seriously ill with peritonitis. 



Charlie Erne's voice sounds good to 

 his friends as he calls them over the 

 telephone from the hospital, where be 

 Is doing nicely. 



Many In the trade will remember 

 Frederick H, Gansberger, president of 

 the Lincoln Park Hoard In 1900, who 

 passed away Sunday in St. Luke's Hos- 

 pital. 



Potted bulb stock for Washington's 

 birthday made very pretty red, white 

 and blue combinations. The bright 

 red tulips with white and blue hya- 

 cinths were just the right shades. 



Local papers recently commented on 

 the conservatories of J. J. Mitchell at 

 their summer home at Lake Geneva, 

 where it is stated that 9,000 American 

 Beauty roses were cut during the win- 

 ter. 



The employees of A. Lange's pre- 

 sented William Wolf and bride with a 

 handsome silver casserole. The wed- 

 ding occurred Saturday and Mr. and 

 Mrs. Wolf are now spending the 

 honeymoon in Ohio. 



Obituary 



Conrad Bergestermann. 



Conrad Bergestermann, a prominent 

 retail florist of St. Louis, died sudden- 

 ly on Sunday, February 20, of heart 

 failure. The news of his death will be 

 a great shock to his many friends in 

 the trade. Mr. Bergestermann attend- 

 ed the florists' dance on Friday pre- 

 \ ious in perfect health. His wife died 

 just eight months ago which caused 

 liini great grief ever since. He was 

 found dead in the bath room by his 

 son-in-law. Mr. Bergestermann was 

 born in Germany in 1857 and came in 

 1S85 to St. Louis working at the flor- 

 ist trade until he started the present 

 place which he built twelve years ago. 

 I lis only living relatives are Edwin 

 Nebling and Miss Ruff, his two step- 

 children to whom he was much de- 

 voted. He was a member of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists and of the 

 St. Louis Florists' Club and Retail 

 Florists' Association, who sent floral 

 tributes and attended in a body at the 

 funeral which took place Wednesday, 

 Feb. 23, from his late residence to Con- 

 cordia cemetery. The friends who 

 came to pay their last respects num- 

 bered several hundred. 



Youngsville, Pa. — The Brokenstraw 

 Valley Seed Co. has been purchased 

 by the H. R. Wilber Corporation, who 

 will move the business to Johnstown. 



