March 11, 1916 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Robert Craig Company has dis- 

 losed of a lot of land, 214x250 ft at 

 the corner of 46th and Chestnut 

 streets. The price paid is said to 

 have een $50,000. The location will 

 ke used for a high school for Catholic 

 boys. 



William Kleinhe!nz was a recent 

 visitor in the Long Island section of 

 New York tor the purpose of interest- 

 ing large growers in the forthcoming 

 Fourth National Flower Show. As 

 everyone knows, "Big Bill" is a 

 bust er and when he starts out to do 

 anything, he does it well, and the re- 

 sult of his hard work as chairman of 

 the Committee on Exhibits has already 

 be^un to be seen. 



A concert and dance will be given 

 under the auspices of The Florists' 

 Club at Horticultural Hall, Saturday 

 evening, March 11th, at 8 P. M. The 

 musical clubs of the William Penn 

 Charter School have arranged to give 

 their best selections for which they 

 have become noted and a treat is in 

 store fur the. members and their 

 friencs. Admission by card only, 

 which can be obtained free by apply- 

 ing to the secretary, David Rust, at 

 Horticultural Hall, 



BOSTON. 



Simon Goldwult, who formerly 

 worked for Mann Bros, of Randolph, 

 Mass., and returned to Holland to go 

 into the bulb business, has come back 

 to this country for good and is now 

 employed at the Hanover Greenhouses. 



The death of Harry Berman from 

 pneumonia on Monday, March 6. is 

 mentioned in our obituary column. 

 The deceased was a cripple and well- 

 known amongst the florists. He has 

 for the past ten years sold flowers 

 around town, in oflice buildings, etc.. 

 and will be missed by a great number 

 of friends in the flower market. 



The funeral of Albert Roper took 

 place on Sunday, March 5, at 2 o'clock. 

 It was private and the following 

 named gentlemen acted as honorary 

 pallbearers: Louis Small and I^ouis 

 Smith, of Tewksbury; S. J. Goddard, 

 Wm. Nicholson and Wni. R. Nicholson, 

 of Framingham, and Peter Fisher of 

 Ellis, all life long friends of the de- 

 ceased. 



OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. 



Tom Roberts and other distinguish- 

 ed readers of HdiiTurLtrnE have been 

 complaining. No Ginger Jar lately. 

 The reason is not far to seek. The 

 editor is afraid to print what is sent 

 him from that source. By the time 

 l.e .: ets through blue penciling there 

 is nothiui; left. It is rumored that he 

 is to be out of town next week, so 

 perhaps a little sample will seep 

 through. It is made short on the Sam 

 Weller principle on the writing of 

 love letters — making it brief so she'd 

 wish there was more. 



Dennis T. Connor, of Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co., was confined to his bed for 

 a week with a bad cold, but is around 

 again all right. We are all glad. But 

 Dennis has a grievance. Nobody made 

 a fuss about it. Nobody seemed to know 

 anything about it. Too bad about 

 Dennis. Maybe he would like to be 

 the Kaizer. If that gentleman has a 

 sair wyme all the world holds its 

 breath. However, we all know that 

 it's only Denny's humorous Irish 

 way of getting the joke on his friends. 

 So that's all right. 



We sympathize with our friend 

 Samuel S. Pennock these days. What 

 with articles for the Rose Annual, 

 the presidential speech, and many 

 other strenuous doings in intellectual 

 composition, he has to sit up morn- 

 ings to get there! Anyone can sit up 

 niglits and write things, Imt it takes 

 a stern and ascetic philosopher to do 

 them mornings. And then there's the 

 Widener Building Annex. That is the 

 worst of all. It takes afternoons 

 away from business. The stray left 

 on the doorstep without our knowledge 

 or consent has to be fed just the same. 



In looking over a rose list I was 

 struck by the fact that Cornelia Cook 

 was introduced as far back as 1855. 

 Here it is 1916 and only about a vear 

 ago we got Francis Scott Key. Sixty 

 years raising new roses — and good 

 ones at that — is a record to be proud 

 of. The .'Vmerican Rose Society should 

 send .Tohn Cook a souvenir of its dis- 

 tinguished consideration. 



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monstrosity as to the green carnation? 

 They say they are working hard to 

 popularize this in New York, Ireland 

 and Berlin these days. However, 

 there is not much need to worry. Un- 

 less Germany comes across by March 

 17 with a cargo of green aniline dye 

 the divine flower will flourish in all 

 its natural colors and all its original 

 spicy fragrance. 



One concern out West advertises 

 the al)omination at twenty-five cents 

 a package. An Eastern house that 

 wants a dollar a package says 

 "nothing to it. Ours is the real green. 

 Theirs is only greenery-yallery." So 

 you see there's emulation and compe- 

 tition even in skulduggery. 



George C. W.\tson. 



A HOUSE OF CYCLAMENS. 



Our cover illustration shows a house 

 filled mainly with cyclamen plants of 

 more than ordinary merit. The green- 

 houses at Dixmont Hospital for the 

 Insane at Dixmont, Pa., where the 

 photograph was taken comprise about 

 10,000 scj. ft. of glass and are under 

 the charge of Carl Becherer, whose 

 name has appeared not infrequently in 

 our columns as a grower of much 

 ability. It may be stated, in passing, 

 that Mr. Becherer has no assistance in 

 his work other than from patients in 

 the institution. 



We make strong claims about being 

 neutral. Rut isn't there reason to 

 doubt it when we stand for such a 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Cincinnati Florists' Society's 

 next meeting will be held at Hotel 

 Gibson on Monday, March 13th. 



T. D. Hatfield, of Wellesley, Mass., 

 read an interesting paper on plant 

 propagation at Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, on Saturday, March 4. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its regular meeting in 

 Manchester, Mass., in February. Mar- 

 tin Eyberse was awarded a certificate 

 of merit for a collection of carnations. 

 It was voted to appropriate $50 for 

 prizes in connection with the school 

 gardens and to appoint a committee 

 to instruct the children and carry on 

 the work. It was voted to authorize 

 the committee to have plans drawn 

 for the proposed new Horticultural 

 Hall and submit the same to the So- 

 ciety for approval. The essay on The 

 Young Gardener's Opportunity in 

 .America was read by the Secretary. 



