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II (> irr I CULTURE 



April 22, i»M 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 

 Kalpli Silvey, a well-known member 

 of till' cruft, is now in the employ of 

 Everett Rogers of lioslindiile. Mr. 

 Sllvey hus just returned from a trip 

 to the coast after an absence of near- 

 ly a year. 



Victor Hartford, son of H. K. Hart- 

 ford, was incapacitated the first part 

 of the week by a slight case of polson- 

 inK caused by a rose thorn imbedded 

 in his linger. He is now back on his 

 job of head packer for H. M. Robinson 

 & Co. 



It Is rumored that Albert Strumph 

 manager of the H. M. Robinson Co., Is 

 engaged to be married shortly after 

 the Easter rush. It has been a favor- 

 ite topic of discussion with the trade 

 as to who Mr. Strumph would finally 

 honor and we are about to find out. 



Stephen Drumgoole. lately with Max 

 Fine of Dartmouth street, has entered 

 into partnership with Charles Fine of 

 Massachusetts avenue. Mr. Drum- 

 goole is a well-known designer and 

 has received prizes many times for 

 his skill in making up floral pieces. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



B. H. Farr delivered an interesting 

 lecture on "The Iris" at the monthly 

 meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society on the afternoon of the 

 18th Inst. 



At the next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club. May 2. there will be a red spider 

 explosion. Parker Thayer Barnes, De- 

 partment of Zoology, State of Penn- 

 sylvania, will be in the trenches and 

 fire the first bomb. This is just about 

 the time when every grower wants to 

 swap his latest opinions on how to 

 handle this perennial pest. 



NEW YORK. 



It is announced that Henshaw & 

 Fenrich will dissolve partnership by 

 mutual and amicable agreement on 

 April 29th. Mr. Henshaw will from 

 that date operate the Henshaw Floral 

 Co., Inc., at 127 West 28th street, and 

 Mr. Fenrich will do business under 

 his own name at 51 West 28th street. 



FT.owKRs BY TFi.rr:R.\rn 



SAN FRANCISCO 



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Pelicano, Rossi & Co. 



12S KEARNY ST. 



F. R. PIERSON CO. 



FLORISTS AND 

 PLANTSMENl. j 



TARRYTOWN-OH-HUDSON, • N. Y. 



PITTSBURGH. 



The John Llader Co. recently sold 

 $2,500.00 worth of palms to the new 

 William I'enn Hotel. 



The J. K. Weldin Co. has a special 

 window display of "Farm, Garden and 

 Outdoor Hooks" this week. 



Albert J. Niggel has left the employ 

 of Walter A. Faulk and taken a posi- 

 tion with George E. Hallam. 



Albert M. Gocht, formerly of So. 

 Orange, N. J., has been added to the 

 landscape department of the A. W. 

 Smith Co. 



William J. Ferguson has opened a 

 landscape office and flower shop at 

 6218 Penn avenue, east end. He was 

 formerly with G. P. Weaklin & Co. 

 and Randolph & McClements. 



John .McDonald, who for several 

 years ha.s been the first assistant on 

 the estate of Daniel M. Clemson, has 

 gone to Willoughby, Ohio, to take 

 charge of the grounds and greenhouse 

 for Howard M. Hanna, Jr. 



Myron J. Walter, formerly of the 

 N. Y. State Training School, has just 

 assumed the work of Director of Gar- 

 den Work under the Pittsburgh Board 

 of Education at a salary of $2,500.00. 

 This position has been vacant two 

 years. 



George Schnurbush of Brooklyn, N. 

 Y.. left on Tuesday morning after a 

 several days' visit with J. W. Ludwig. 

 He stopped en route to Indiana, where 

 he visits his daughter. Mr. Schnur- 

 bush was formerly employed by the 

 Ludwig F"loral Co. 



CHICAGO. 



F. L. Eagleston. who opened the 

 Flower Craft, at 1514 Hyde Park boule- 

 vard, recently had the misfortune to 

 fall and break his shoulder blade. 



The attitude of the public does not 

 change toward the fashionable flower 

 sale which has taken away a big 

 part of the most expensive Easter 

 trade for several years. No other ob- 

 ject would gain such a hold on the 

 people as the giving to the destitute 

 cripi)led children, but it is to be re- 

 gretted that it cuts so heavily into the 

 trade of the retail florists. Many thou- 

 sands of dollars annually are diverted 

 from the trade and generally these 

 same florists are asked to contribute 

 flowers. Many are purchased, how- 

 ever, at regular prices. 



CINCINNATI. 



Tom Windram, of Cold Springs. Ky., 

 lias converted an Overland roadster 

 into a light truck for the delivery of 

 cut flow-ers to the local market. 



Wholesale dealers have arranged 

 for an exceptionally good large lot of 

 stock for Easter and many large ship- 

 ping orders have been booked in ad- 

 vance. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 Some of the florists entered the 

 display window contest held by the 

 Washington Chamber of Commerce. 

 .Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. 



While in Washington last week, 

 II. Bayersdorfer, of Philadelphia, Pa.. 

 took up with the State Department 

 the matter of the delay of shipments 

 from Rotterdam consigned to his firm 



The large plate glass window at the 

 side of the store of F. H. Kramer waa 

 blown in by the heavy gale on FYlday. 

 -Much damage was done to outdoor 

 stock and a considerable quantity of 

 glass in and around Washington was 

 damaged. 



An advertisement of a local depart- 

 ment store announcing the arrival of 

 an importation of Holland rose bushes 

 has caused considerable comment be- 

 cause of the statement that "As in 

 the past, these rose bushes have been 

 inspected by experts from the AgrlcuV 

 tural Department, and it means much 

 to purchasers to know that the busb 

 they buy has thus been inspected." It 

 is felt that the wording of this adver- 

 tisement gives the impression thai 

 the bush is guaranteed by the Goven>- 

 ment. 



PERSONAL. 

 Michael N'ilan has been engaged aa 

 gardener for Dr. H. S. Wilton, Althea 

 Farm, Norw^alk. Ct. 



Miss Rose Ratchelor has taken a 

 position In the florist shop of C. 9. 

 Hopkins. Brattleboro, Vt. 



Frederic Holton, son of L. C. Hol- 

 ton, florist, Bennington, Vt., and Miss 

 Hazel E. Russell, were married in Old 

 Bennington on Wednesday evening. 

 April 12. 



Detroit, Mich.-M. Bloy and .Joseph 

 Streit will dissolve partnership June 1, 

 Mr. Bloy to continue the business 

 alone. 



Worcester, Mass. — Harry Randall 

 spoke on the "Florists' Telegraph De- 

 livery" before the Worcester Publicity 

 Association on Wednesday, April 12. 



Meriden, Conn. — C. W. Blatchley 

 has a large vacant store in Hall A 

 Lewis block as an Easter branch to 

 accommodate the plant trade. 



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