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HORTICULTURE 



June 8, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



\V. J. Carp, u wt'll-known member of 

 the craft Is now In the employ of the 

 Boston Rose Co. 



Boston florists will be sorry to learn 

 that Martin Lally. who was reported 

 to be ill with a cold last week, has con 

 tracted a severe case of typhoid fever 

 and win probably not resume his du- 

 ties for some time. 



One of the features of the prepared- 

 ness parade on Saturday, 27lh, was the 

 gigantic float decorated by William 

 I'enn. Carnations of all colors were 

 used and the result was striking, es- 

 pecially as it was the only floral float 

 in the entire parade. 



A deer, which probably wandered 

 from the Middlesex Fells, jumped 

 through the greenhouse roof owned 

 by Kanierana, a Japanese florist at 

 North CambridKe, at 6.40 A. M. last 

 Wednesday, and did considerable 

 damage to the plants. The animal 

 managed to elude pursuers and es- 

 caped. 



The lilac display at the Arnold .Ar- 

 boretum has been the niecra for 

 throngs of admiring visitors during 

 the past week. Not alone at the .-Vr- 

 boretum, but all over this section the 

 lilacs have bloomed this season with 

 an exuberance rarely attained. Their 

 perfection and abundance while many 

 other plants have done so poorly is 

 one of the remarkable features of this 

 unusual season. 



A. R, Hutson, foreman at \V. H. Kl- 

 litt's greenhouses in Brighton has 

 just received information of the kill- 

 ing of his aunt and her two children 

 together with seven other members 

 of the household by bombs dropped 

 from a German Zeppelin upon their 

 home, which was located in the coast 

 district of England about ten miles in- 

 land from Rrighton. Although the 

 fatality occurred nearly six months 

 ago the news never reached Mr. Hut- 

 son until now. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Jos. A. Heacock, of the Joseph Hea- 

 cock Co., the well known growers of 

 palms and orchids at Wyncote, Pa., 

 has been nominated on the Democratic 

 ticket to represent the 8th District in 

 Congress. The election was very close, 

 Mr. Heacock winning over his oppo- 

 nent by 46 majority. We tnist Mr. 

 Heacock will make as successful a con- 

 gressman as he is a florist, in which 

 case all precedents of congressional 

 records will be upset. 



FXOWSRS BT TEXEORAPH 



SAN FRANCISCO 



CHICAGO. 

 In the death of .Mrs. A. J. Simmons, 

 whoso obituary appears on another 

 page, Chicago has lost one of its 

 most capable florists. Husy as she 

 was she always had time for the lit- 

 tle courtesies of life and many a flow- 

 er was handed over the counter to 

 help make life brighter for some one. 

 On Mother's Day, one of her friends 

 relates that .Mrs. Simmons remem- 

 bered with a small bouquet every 

 aged mother in her vicinity. It was 

 typical of the woman that she died at 

 the telephone with her last order on 

 her lips. 



Chicago "Kidlcts" will have one 

 great nature lover, Jens Jenson, to 

 thank if they have two more holidays, 

 the object of which will be to study 

 and learn to love the great outdoors 

 as seen outside of Chicago. Mr. Jen- 

 son has made this plea to the school 

 board and has backed up his idea by 

 statements of his recollections of 

 such days in his own childhood and 

 the effect they have had on his life. 

 Mr. Jenson is a well-known landscape 

 architect much sought as a jiublic 

 speaker as well as in his regular pro- 

 fession. 



The strike of the express drivers 

 and some other employees of the ex- 

 press companies continues to inter- 

 fere with the prompt shipment of 

 flowers from this market, but the 

 trouble has been very light compared 

 to what had been feared. AW pack- 

 ages are obliged to be delivered to 

 the depot by the senders and this is 

 all arranged for under the manage- 

 ment of Fred Lautenschlager, and 

 the majority of the stock has been 

 promptly placed aboard the cars. 

 Other shipments have been delivered 

 to outside points and caught the ex- 

 press trains there. It is expected that 

 the strike will be over before another 

 week. 



IN THE SPRING. 



OAUFO&XIA 



Pelicano, Rossi & Co. 



lae KEARNY ST. 



Have you seeu an apiilu orclianl 



In the spring. In the spring? 

 An English apple-orchard In the spring? 

 When the spreading trees are hoary. 

 With their wealth of promised glory, 

 -Vnd the mavis pipes his story In the spring? 



Have you walked beneath the blossoms 

 In the spring. In the spring? 



iieneath the apple-blossoms In the spring? 



When the pink cascades were falling, 



.\nd the sliver brooklets brawling 



.Vnd the cuckoo bird Is calling 

 In the spring? 



Have you seen a merry bridal 

 In the spring. In the spring? 



In an Kngllsh apple-country In the spring? 



When the brides and maidens wear 



Apple-blossoms In their hair. 



Apple-blossoms everywhere 

 In the spring? 



If you have not, then you know not. 

 In the spring. In the spring. 



Half the color, beauty, wonder of the spring. 



No sight can I remember 



Half so precious, half so tender 



As the apple-blossoms render 

 In the spring. 



— WilUam W. Martin. 



NEW YuhK. 

 Henry Schurmann of SecHucua haa 

 been divorced and ordered to pay ali- 

 mony to .Mrs. Schurmann, but he haa 

 the honor of being hi'raldcd as "a 

 wealthy florist" in the paper, which Is 

 quite an offset. "Wealthy florist" 

 comes as naturally to the newspaper- 

 man as "beautiful bride," "lalented 

 musician" or "learned judge." 



The S, S. .New Amsterdam, of the 

 Holland-America Line, for Kotterdam, 

 which sailed from .New York on Mon- 

 day, P. .\I., May 29, carried a big list 

 of Dutch salesraeii who have been can- 

 vassing this country for several weeks 

 on plant and bulb Import orders for 

 next season. Almost simultaneous 

 with the departure of these salesmen, 

 special reduced price lists have be^n 

 to arrive. 



.r. n. G, Rlnehart, a well-known law- 

 yer and politician of this city has been 

 arreste<l on a charge of theft pre- 

 ferred by Frederick Bauer, a man of 

 81, who for sixty years has conducted 

 a florist business at 207 .Metropolitan 

 avenue, Brooklyn, opposite Kvergreen 

 Cemetery. Bauer's complaint accuses 

 the lawyer of swindling him by pre- 

 tending to invest money for him, the 

 amount in question being $18,000. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 1). Hill Nursery Co., Dundee, 111. — 

 Special Advance* Prices on Azaleas, 

 Araucarias, Lily Bulbs, etc. 



.McHuchison & Co., New York City. 

 — Special Price List of Schaum & Van 

 Tol, Boskoop, Holland, Hoses, Azaleas, 

 Biixus. Rhododendrons. Peonies, etc., 

 etc. Prices are very low now. Good 

 time to stock up. 



L. Daehnfeldt, Ltd.. Odense. Den- 

 mark; Axel Kundsen. American Rep- 

 resentative. .Minneapolis, .Minn. — 

 Wholesale Prices of Seeds for Sum- 

 mer Sewing. Cauliflower and other 

 vegetable seeds, also full list of flow- 

 er seeds. For the trade only. 



Benj. Hammond, Beacon. N. Y. — 

 Hammond's Slug Shot Pamphlet. 33rd 

 PZdition. This booket gives useful In- 

 formation regarding the insect and 

 fungous diseases of plants and the 

 remedies recommended herein are the 

 result of over a third of a century's 

 experience and experimentation. 



Catalogues of Holland material are 

 quoting very low prices to the trade 

 now on account of the recent action 

 of Great Britain in prohibiting the ad- 

 mission to that country of foreign 

 shipments of trees, plants and bulbs. 



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