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May 13. 191« 



BOSTON 



M. A. I'lilli-u is home iilUr lii.s south 

 ern trli), raucli Improved In lieiillh and 

 looklnt; first rnte. 



J. Newman of Tremont street has 

 recently been appointed Boston repre- 

 sentative of the National Florists' C'or- 

 poratlOD. 



George Cartwright. who has been 

 confined to the hospital for over a 

 week Is now hack in the flower mar- 

 ket looking as well as ever. 



Harry Quint has a factory on Urom- 

 field street, where a half-score of men 

 are turning out Memorial Day wreaths. 

 Sam Llebman is in charge and reports 

 an output of 500 a day. 



During the recent '■Clean-Up" cam- 

 paign in Maiden, BOO new trees were 

 set out by the school children. In Wal- 

 pole. l.OuO trees were planted. Tree 

 practice is one that should be encour- 

 aged. 



Suburban retailers are beginning to 

 appreciate the value of first-class de- 

 livery service and many are installing 

 automobiles. Fred Kaulback of Mai- 

 den and C. B. Jones of Woburn are 

 among those who have recently added 

 delivery trucks. 



"Gazing sticks" are becoming popu- 

 lar. Thomas P. Galvin Co. are making 

 a specialty of them. A quicksilver-lined 

 glass ball is mounted on the end of a 

 sort of cane. The ball reflects images 

 of all surrounding objects, and if 

 thrust in the centre of a garden plot 

 will reflect the entire scene. 



Chairman John Dillon of the 

 Park and Recreation Department an- 

 nounces that next Sunday will be 

 tulip Sunday in Boston. He is 

 placing high hopes on this year's dis- 

 play. May 21 was the day originally 

 set for the show. Boston's tulip dis- 

 play always attracts universal atten- 

 tion. 



St. Louis. — J. J. Beneke, who is on 

 the retired list for the present, spent a 

 very pleasant week visiting friends in 

 the trade at Chicago. Mr. Beneke has 

 nothing to report as to his future plans 

 for the present. 



Adolph Steidle, who for the past two 

 years was with the Vandevoort's 

 floral department, gave up his position 

 May 6 and has taken charge of his 

 father's greenhouse plant at Olivette, 

 Mo. 



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FLORISTS AND 

 PLANTSMEN 



TARRYTOWNONHUDSON, - N. Y. 



PHILADELPHIA 



HuMiicii-TiuK said a fine thing about 

 William E. Doyle recently in remark 

 lug that In his early days he became 

 famous by his iirlistif ability and in 

 making a better show with poorer ma- 

 terials than any other Boston florist 

 of his day and generation. That is 

 another way of saying that he was a 

 genius. One of the best dcflnitions of 

 a genius to my mind is that given by 

 Thomas Carlyle. "A genius," said be, 

 "Is a man who can make the common- 

 place Interesting." The more you 

 think of it the better that fits from 

 Shakespeare to Doyle. 



.And in that connection we have to 

 record the passing of the Battles 

 store at 108 South 12th street to make 

 room for a new hank building. Out of 

 very little Harry Battles made out of 

 this modest and cramped location by 

 sheer genius and personality the most 

 unique flower store — an artistic tri- 

 umph — ever new and ever interesting. 

 Every inch of space had its use. Yet 

 nothing was ever overdone. The story 

 was told strongly and yet there never 

 was a shout in it. Battles has the gift 

 of making you "sit up and take notice" 

 without shouting. While "Terra Firnia 

 on her axis remains to turn," the fra- 

 grant memory of lii8 will ever remain 

 with us. The new location is now two 

 doors below, and we may look for 

 things to happen. 



Alfred M. Campbell, one of our 

 wide-awake growers and also a com- 

 mission man of distinction wishes me 

 to convey to the editor of Horticul- 

 ture his appreciation of the editorials 

 for which the paper has been noted 

 from its start a dozen years ago; and 

 in especial, his delight with two of 

 recent date, one on the Spanish iris, 

 the other on roses Hadley and Ophelia. 

 We wanted to know why he didn't do 

 his own bouquet throwing, as it is 

 well known that there is a standing 

 feud between ourselves and the blu.e 

 pencil. But Alfred was equal to the 

 occasion and countered with, "Well, 

 you see, you can say it so much nicer 

 than I could." After a personal bou- 

 quet like that, the standing grouch 

 had to take a back scat for the time 

 being, which explains why this para 

 graph; ana if it is not a peerless 

 monograph to our magnanimity we'd 

 like to know what you'd call it! 



CHICAGO. 



George I'erdikas has opened a third 

 retail store at 23 W. Jackson Blvd. 



J. J. Mohric, who bought the 

 Schocflo store at 2052 W. Chicago 

 avenue two years ago. has now sold 

 out to A. Behrens. 



M. J. Uosliergen, of Uoskoup, Hol- 

 land, spent sixteen days on the water 

 enroute to the United States. The 

 bulb salesmen come by the way of the 

 north of Scotland this year. 



The Alpha Floral Co. will have a 

 special sale of roses for the week end 

 Louis Eisner will leave The Alpha 

 about June 1st to be associated with 

 the Covent Garden Corporation. 



J. .Mangel has the large silver cup 

 won for artistic bride's bouquet as the 

 center window setting this week, ac- 

 companied by specimen bouquets. Wed- 

 ding orders are starting in early at 

 this store. 



Kudolph .Mohr, of A. Lange's, has a 

 badly lacerated hand as the result of 

 his losing control of the elevator 

 which runs to the upper work room. 

 The ends of two fingers were taken off. 

 A. MacKenzie, who has charge of the 

 plant section here, says that it has 

 been an exceptionally good season. 



The largest wedding of the season 

 look place last week. The church was 

 filled with plants and cut flowers. Six 

 dozen large hydrangeas were banked 

 at the sides of the front and the center 

 front filled with lily plants. The pews 

 had bunches of lilies fastened to them 

 and these rows terminated in seven- 

 foot vases filled with lilies. At the 

 house the living rooms were bowerB 

 of Ophelia roses, a lattice work 22 feet 

 wide forming a back ground for the 

 bridal party. The dining room was 

 done with Tausendschoen roses of 

 which one hundred large plants were 

 used and thousands of cut roses were 

 about the rooms. C. A. Samuelson had 

 the order and Ed. Enders, who has 

 been with him 28 years, executed It. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Congressman Slayden has intro- 

 duced a bill into the House of Repre- 

 sentatives providing for the removal of 



WARETOWN, N. J. 



The Tamarix hedge seems to have 

 suffered more than anything else dur- 

 ing the winter at Waretown. The com- 

 modore reports everything else normal 

 and blooming. Mr. and Mrs. John 

 Westcott enjoyed a few days at the 

 farmhouse. May 4 to S. The McTavish 

 is still on the rocks. The next move 

 will be garage charges. That ought 

 to start some movement by the New- 

 York owners. Say a dollar an hour 

 for twelve months! How much is that? 

 We can't stand having our scenery 

 spoiled bv a derelict or a load of 

 bricks. G. 0. W. 



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