«;o« 



II () \i 'I' I (• [' i/r i: ){ V 



Vpni 29, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



I 



PHILADELPHIA 

 (.'(Hiiiiir and WooihMinl, whv lra\Ll 

 under the lUluu of Lord <i Uiirnbum 

 Co. have l)eeii exceedingly busy thlB 

 spring, and have had 8o iiiuny calls 

 and eMtiniatcs to make, that tht-re ha» 

 been scarcely time to eat or sleep. 

 Serves Uieni riKht, They ouRht to 

 have had better luck. Mr. Woodward 

 exports to start on a southern trip on 

 the 25th Inst 



H. H. Battles reports the Kaster 

 trade this year the best he ever expe- 

 rienced. On Friday he closed one of 

 his stores and In another pulled the 

 blind down on the center window — so 

 that the passerby would not know It 

 was a (lower store. 



I'ennock Bros, by Saturday morning 

 were pretty nearly sold out of every- 

 thing; even short-stemmed lilies were 

 oeing picked up by eager customers. 

 Mr. Cartledge and Mr. Pennock were 

 both in genial humor and wore tired, 

 yet happy, smiles. 



K. J. Fancourt, for the wholesalers, 

 reported that both the local and ship- 

 ping trade had been big beyond ex- 

 pectation. He attributed a good deal 

 of the local enthusiasm for flowers 

 among the general public to the splen- 

 did publicity given to the business by 

 the recent fine exhibition of the S. A. 

 F. in this city. It pays to advertise 

 although there is often lots of grum- 

 bling at paying the bills. 



The H. F. Mi( hell Co.. have completed 

 the improvements in their new ware- 

 house. It is adjacent to the principal 

 steamship wharves and important 

 freight stations and is expected to revo- 

 lutionize, to a great extent, their work 

 in handling business. They have given 

 out a contract for a large garage and 

 office at the nursery, at Andalusia and 

 have also installed what is practically 

 the second machine of its kind in the 

 United States, known as a grass mixer. 

 In five minutes, they can thoroughly 

 mix a batch of l.SOO po\mds of grass 

 seed: which, after being mixed, is dis- 

 charged into an elevator which travels 

 and deposits the seed in a large bin 

 upstairs, from which it is drawn by 

 spouts the same as feed is drawn from 

 a grain elevator. The contrivance is 

 driven by a 7% H. P. motor;- it is prac- 

 tical and should be a tremendous 

 labor-saver. 



I lOWFIt- nv TKI.KCiKAI'II 



SAN FRANCISCO 



( Mil oltM A 



Pelicano, Rossi & Co. 



12a KEARNY ST. 



F. R. PIERSON CO. 



FLORFSTS AND 

 PLANTSMEN 



TARRYTOWNONHUOSON, - N. Y. 



PITTSBURGH 



AiKlidiiy I.eech. Huporinlendeiit for 

 Henry J. Heinz, spent a part of last 

 week In New York. 



(Joorge Porter, an employeo of the 

 McCallum Company, had his left eye 

 removed and a catoract In the right eye 

 reduced last Kritjay In St. Francis 

 Hospital. 



Pitlsburgh's three big Easter flower 

 .shows eclipse those of any previous 

 season. Kach seems superlatively 

 beautiful and is so distinctive in its 

 way and unlike the others that com- 

 parisons are impossible. Supt. Geo. 

 \V. Hurke and his foremen, John W. 

 Jones and James Moore, respectively 

 of the Schenley and West Parks con- 

 servatoricB, are certainly most deserv- 

 ing of the congratulations which are 

 showered upon them by the multitude 

 of admiring visitors from both home 

 and abroad. At Schenley Park, the 

 Victoris Regia house is temporarily 

 transformed into an enormous mound 

 of lilies surrounded by water. The 

 border line is of Queen Alexandra 

 spiraea, and baby ramblers here and 

 there emphasizing the pure white of 

 the dominating lilies. In the .\ym- 

 phaea house are three mounds formed 

 of blue, white and pink French hy- 

 drangeas respectively. In the rose 

 house ramblers, hybrid tea roses. 

 Azalea mollis, boxes, hydrangeas and 

 astilbes are charmingly arranged. 



A brilliant Hollarrd garden now occu- 

 pies the west wing of the Economic 

 housr-. In the midst of the garden is 

 a thatched Dutch house surrounded 

 by double daffodils and flve elevated cir- 

 cular mounds of narcissus. This end 

 is backed up with flowering shrubs, 

 iris, columbine, etc. The south wing 

 of the Economic house forms the Chil- 

 dren's garden. The garden itself in- 

 cludes four beds of pansies, baby ram- 

 bler roses, lilies and herbaceous plants 

 and shrubs. In the west end of the 

 building is a fine display of Brazilian 

 caladiums, dendrobiums, gloxinias, etc. 

 Cinerarias predominate in the south 

 wing. The azalea house too, is a mass 

 of bloom. 



As usual, the educational feature of 

 the West Park show shows an un- 

 kempt house and grounds on one side, 

 while on the other is a remodelled 

 place. The rose house is charmingly 

 trellised and arched with rambler 

 roses. The French hydrangea dis- 

 play is given variety by tall plants of 

 .Nicotiana Sanderas, and an elevated 

 center of genistas. 



The most distinctive show room of 

 the Heinz conservatory forms a sunk- 

 en garden of great beauty, the extreme 

 background showing small cherry and 

 apple trees, rhododendrons, lilies, 

 spiraea and azaleas. Flowing down 

 the sides is a waterfall ending in a 

 charming pond. 



CHICAGO. 



Shakespeare's statue in Lincoln 

 Park was the resting place of a large 

 number of wreaths, bouquets and pot- 



. iiii^ nil 111,. :;ji,,|, , ,. ■ , ..; 



numerous clubs and societies. 



The flower sale for the destitute 

 crippled children, which took place on 

 the day before Easter, netted that 

 worthy cause eight thousand dollars, 

 Ed. Hanswirth, for many years in 

 the florists' business in Chicago and 

 lately employed In the wholesale mark- 

 et, has again embarked In business for 

 himself at Fort Wayne, Indiana. 



The extremely small roses are In 

 great favor this season. As a leading 

 wholesaler said, extremely large or 

 the tiniest of the small roses, are the 

 fancy of the moment. Of the latter the 

 little Sweetheart rose In pink Is hav- 

 ing a great run, the result of the size, 

 color and name combination, and Its 

 companion in yellow, the Mrs. George 

 Elgar is very popular. .Made up In the 

 small colonial corsage bouquets or 

 used alone they are dainty and beau- 

 tiful, but require skillful handling. 



Early last Saturday morning the 

 store of the George Wittbold Co.. was 

 entered by way of the basement, by 

 three burglars who tried by brutal 

 treatment to force the night watch- 

 man, John Popescu, to turn over the 

 money. He refused and was beaten 

 almost into insensibility and left 

 bound in the basement. The robbers 

 left without getting any plunder and 

 Popescu worked himself loose and 

 went to notify Louis Wittbold. No 

 trace of the robbers has been found. 

 The watchman was taken to the 

 Alexian hospital where he was found 

 to be severely injured. The firm has 

 been doing a big business all the 

 Easter week and a thousand dollars 

 was in the safe. 



BOSTON. 



..ohn J. Curl, y of [{oxbury is one of 

 the jury in the Cohen murder trial in 

 the Superior Criminal Court. 



Henry M. Robinson starts for the 

 South the latter part of this week on 

 his annual trip for ferns and galax. 

 Mr. Robinson will be gone for about 

 a month. 



A very interesting collection of plants 

 and flowers mentioned in Shakespeare's 

 plays, made by Mr. Thomas T. Watt, 

 was on exihbition at the Shakespeare 

 Tercentennial exercises held at Wel- 

 leslcy College, April 22. They were la- 



HIGH GRADE PLANTS 



For Retail Stores a Specialty 



ASK FOR LIST 

 THOMAS ROLAND. Nahanf, Mass. 



NEW CROP FERNS 



Fancy, $1.35 per 1000 

 Dagger, 1.15 " 



SiH-,i;il prii-i ..11 n-L'iiliir ..rdfrs for 

 • Hiiintity >^liiptnt-nls. 



CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO. 



Kvprereen, Ala. 



