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H K TI C U L T D R E 



Juiiuary 16, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



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CHICAGO. 



Mrs K 1". 1'<'1«'''- '»"* ri-iiirned troui 

 I'lillnciolphla, where Bhe spent the holl- 



Junuurv Thaw was never considered 

 a nionev "maker. His coming now re- 

 minds ilorists of last year, the warm- 

 est In many years. 



Now thai the holiday rush Is oyer, 

 bowline Is a>:ain a favorite Pa8t»ine 

 with the florists. The score will be 

 found in this paper each week. 



Harrv Rowe has arranged the large 

 rear room of his store on Wabash 

 Ave so as to accommodate a whole- 

 sale business and expects to rent U 

 for that purpose. The new store is 

 so large, light, and in such a good lo- 

 cation thai it will soon be taken. 



A common sight in the wholesale 

 stores is a group of florists talking 

 over the decline in flower sales. Many 

 are the opinions offered and not a few 

 think a flower show at popular prices 

 would have stimulated the public to 

 more liberal buying. 



A. L. Vaughan was taken ill on his 

 way down town Monday morning and 

 was absent from his place of business 

 todav (Tuesday). Mr. Vaughan is a 

 well known man in the trade, being 

 the head of the wholesale commission 

 house of A. L. Vaughan & Co., ana 

 has many friends. 



Harold Kennicott. son of the late 

 Flint Kennicott, who was one of the 

 Kennicott Bros., has bought the 

 Peiser interest in the firm, known tor 

 a generation as Kennicott Bros., and 

 will remain in Chicago. "NMck" Miller 

 has severed his connection with this 

 firm and is now with the A. L. 

 Vaughan Co. in the same block. George 

 Gobel, who is known to all the whole- 

 sale florists through his long connec- 

 tion with the Express Co. is now a 

 salesman at Kennicott Bros taking 

 hold as if he had been brought up 

 in the business. 



The officers of the Chicago Flor- 

 ists" Club ought to bring to the club 

 a wisdom which comes from being 

 able to look on a subject from a var- 

 iety of standpoints. Wm. .1. Keimel is 

 a member of the firm of Wendland & 

 Keimel of Elmburst, 111., extensive 

 growers. Jas. Morton, until recently 

 from New York, represents one of the 

 trade papers, Guy W. French, carna- 

 tion foreman for Poehlmann Bros, of 

 Morton Grove for seventeen years, and 

 starting for himself in the spring and 

 Paul Klinpsporn a resident of Phila- 

 delphia till one year ago, and now 

 sales manager for the Chicago Flower 

 Growers' Assn. While all are con- 

 nected -with the trade, the diversity of 

 occupation and place of residence 

 augurs well for the club's usefulness. 



E. C. Amling, wholesale commission 

 dealer, has as broad a survey over the 

 Chicago field as any other man in the 

 trade and says that in his opinion, 

 the demoralized condition of the flow- 

 er market in general at Christmas 

 was the lack of any basis for fixing 

 prices. No wholesaler knew what he 

 should ask for anything. Between the 

 grower who must be pleased with the 

 prospects of a high price for his con- 



._..:.. ..: and the rotau 

 loMiers could not or would not pay 

 high prices, the commlsHion man niunt 

 find a path that would lead to future, 

 as well as presfut business. He says 

 we have imaginary prices on flowers 

 that will not hold good when the sell- 

 ing test comes. Price was <iuote<l too 

 high for existing conditions Ihih 

 Christmas. No one wanted to be th"- 

 first to (juote lower, but no wholesal- 

 er really expected the price to be 

 maintained. This year the high quo- 

 tations on American Beauties caused 

 about 40,000 Beauties, from' two to 

 three times as many from the east to 

 be put upon this market as were sup- 

 plied by local growers, with the re- 

 sult that the market went to pieces. 

 Only a better understanding between 

 wholesalers and their shippers as to 

 supply, with a view to setting the 

 proper price is the real solution of 

 the question. 



CALIFORNIA NOTES. 



H. A. Siebrecht, of New Kochelle, 

 N. Y., has arrived in San Francisco 

 to take charge of the landscape work 

 of the New York State building of 

 the Panama-Pacific Exposition. 



C. L. Coulter, traveling representa- 

 tive of C. C. .Morse & Co.. the San 

 Francisco seed house, returned a few 

 days ago from his annual trip through 

 the East and South, where he reports 

 a much better business than the pre- 

 vious year. 



H. B. Stafford, of the Delano. Cal.. 

 Nurseries, is opening an office and 

 sales yard adjoining the First National 

 Bank building at tiiat place. In addi- 

 tion to fruit trees, he is getting in 

 quite a lot of shade trees and orna- 

 mental stock from a Fresno nursery. 



The E. W. McLellan Co., had a very 

 large stock of hothouse poinsettias for 

 the holiday trade, making a cm ii 

 1,000 dozen. The stock has Im . n 

 cleaned up completely and brought 

 very satisfactory prices. They are 

 now showing some exceptionally fine 

 gardenias. 



At the meeting of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticulttiral Society Jan. 2, for the 

 annual election of olficers, President 

 H. Plath was absent owing to the 

 death of his aunt. The members, of 

 whom a large number were present, 

 extended their sympathy, and the 

 smoker that was to have been held 

 that evening was postponed. The of- 

 ficers elected were the same as foi 

 the previous year, with the exception 

 of treasurer, that office being taken 

 by J. Jacques. The exhibition com- 

 mittee was appointed as follows; 

 Daniel MacRorie, Joe Tempson, T. 

 Taylor, H. James, Donald McLaren, 

 Frank Pelicano, A. J. Rossi, Wm. 

 Kettlewell, Wm. .Monroe and D. Ray- 

 mond. The exhibit of the evening was 

 of Oncidium splendidum, brou.nht by 

 the MacRorie-.McLaren Co., which was 

 rated at 99 points. 



Mollne, III.— Julius Staacks. florist, 

 is suing the city of Moline for $20,000 

 on account of storm water flooding his 

 greenhouses and destroying his plants, 

 caused from improper street grading. 



BOSTON. 



Humors are heard that Harry Quint 

 Is to open up another store on Boyls- 

 lon Street near the hlgh-clasB Back- 

 Hay hotels. In addition to his present 

 store on Tremont Street. 



All members of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston are urged to 

 remember the meeting January 19, 

 when the installation of ofBcers and 

 ladies' night takes place. An attrac- 

 tive program is promised. 



John J. Cassidy, a well-known flor- 

 ist of 6 Beacon Street, has been ap- 

 pointed a sinking fund commissioner 

 of the city of Boston by Mayor Curley. 

 .Mr. Cassidy enjoys the further honor 

 of being exalted ruler of the Boston 

 lodge of Elks. 



Some specialties noted this week 

 are Spencer sweet peas from the Hall- 

 fax Garden Co., carnations from John 

 A. Nelson of Framlngham, Paper- 

 whites from H. W. Vose of Hyde 

 Park, and single violets from Kidder 

 liros. of Lincoln. 



Penn the Florist turned loose a 

 number of fan-tail doves in his win- 

 dow this week. They were prize birds 

 from the Poultry Show, and although 

 the week so far has been stormy and 

 the weather unpleasant, crowds con- 

 tinued to stand in front of the win- 

 dows admiring the floral setting in 

 which the birds proudly strutted 

 around. 



Galvin's new store on Park street 

 is being rapidly brought to comple- 

 tion. It is hoped that the new home 

 of this old-established firm will be 

 ready for occupation by the middle of 

 February. Two stores are being made 

 into one, and with the extremely at- 

 tractive front that is planned for, this 

 establishment will be one of the show 

 places in the city. 



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