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l-'.l.niary 27, I'JIS 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



U 11. A. ^'' Ml. 111. of McAlplne & 

 McDonald ^v I o" Kcbuary 19 



to Sarah I ^ "f Wost Lynn. 



There was a wholesalo arrest of 

 gtre*>t flower boys last week, about 

 nine of them being haled to court. 

 It is runiorod that a prominent retail- 

 er Is InstlgatlnK the arrests. 



Henry Quints new Back Hay store 

 Is stur In process of renovation, but 

 will be ready for occupancy very soon. 

 The Interior will be ttnlshed off In 

 white and blue-gray. In marble effect. 



A party of students under the direc- 

 tion of I'rof, Arno H. Nehrlinii, Am- 

 herst. Mass., visited the local markets, 

 retail stores and greenhouses last Fri- 

 day and Saturday. This was the an- 

 nual eastern trip taken by the Flori- 

 culture class of the Mass. Agrl. Col- 

 lege. 



Some specialties noted this week 

 were lily of the valley from J. Leach 

 & Son of N. Easton, single violets 

 from Kidder Bros, of Lincoln, yellow 

 marguerites from J. W. Simpson, of 

 Woburn. genistas from W. T. Walke of 

 Salem, and antirrhinums from Phelps, 

 Lexington. 



An interesting article on the work of 

 F. J. Dolansky, Lynn. Mass., appeared 

 In the Boston Sunday Globe last week. 

 The importance and place of the 

 orchid as a commercial flower was em- 

 phasized. More newspaper articles of 

 this kind are to be encouraged, as they 

 all tend to the education of the public. 



An unique display was noted In 

 Penn's windows last week, consisting 

 of violet boxes in blue and white col- 

 ors; to the cover of each box was at- 

 tached a little hatchet, bunch of arti- 

 ficial cherries and ribbon in the na- 

 tional colors. In the centre of the dis- 

 play was a large portrait of George 

 Washington. Sales were stimulated 

 a bit by the exploiting of this holiday, 

 but satisfactory results have not yet 

 been reached. 



The spring crop of mushroom stores 

 is again in evidence all over the city, 

 especially in the shopping district. 

 "It's an ill wind that blows no one no 

 good." and in this case the dull real 

 estate market offers exceptional op- 

 portunity for the opening up of tem- 

 porary stores in the highest-priced sec- 

 tion of the city at one-fourth the regu- 

 lar rents. We noted nine such stores 

 within five minutes' walk of each 

 other. Local growers welcome this 

 outlet for surplus stock, which is ac- 

 cumulating rapidly on account of the 

 recent and existing spring weather. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



A local import broker has been of- 

 fering a lot of Belgian azaleas at 50c. 

 each. Some of the plants shown in 

 his window look as if there would be 

 no possibility of reviving them. 



James Lee. who has been associated 

 with one of the Oakland flow^er shops 

 for some time, is starting in the busi- 

 ness for himself in that city, on 

 Twelfth street between Broadway and 

 Washington. 



B. M. Joseph, the Grant avenue flor- 

 ist, is making a specialty of "Wel- 

 come" and "Bon Voyage" packages; 

 and in connection with the latter, is 



u«ing an ornamental window curd, 

 showing the Kulllngs of steamers for 

 the following week. 



Chas. Steppenbach, of I'olk street. 

 near Sutter, is making a fine showing 

 of Brilliant and Ophelia roses, of 

 which he controls one of the largest 

 and best of the rather limited plant- 

 ings for this season. He is taking the 

 entire output of a good-sized nursery 

 across the bay, which has done par- 

 ticularly well with Its rose plantings. 



All the down-town florists, though 

 they closed for the Kxposilion ojien- 

 ing February 20, made some special 

 decorations for the occasion, and 

 some very fine windows were seen. 

 Probably the most striking features of 

 the decorations was the great variety 

 of fine tulips in novelty boxes and 

 baskets. Phalaenopsis was also used 

 with fine effect, and some cattleya dis- 

 plays were very beautiful, though 

 these are two plentiful to attract spe- 

 cial notice. Some shops have also 

 secured very impressive effects by 

 lavish use of daffodils. In one win- 

 dow, a big font full of flowering 

 quince as the central feature is very 

 effective. 



Several houses have been very busy 

 at the Exposition this week. Albert 

 O. Stein, the Sutter street florist, has 

 been spending considerable time at 

 the grounds, looking after floral deco- 

 rations in a number of the exhibit 

 booths and buildings. The E. W. .\Ic- 

 Lellan Company prepared decorations 

 of greens for 3.50 tables for the open- 

 ing banquet at the Old Faithful Inn 

 of the Yellowstone Park concession on 

 Saturday night. Aside from such 

 work, several members of the Mac- 

 Rorie-McLaren Company's staff have 

 been practically living at the Exposi- 

 tion, putting the final touches on some 

 of their landscape operations. Work 

 at the Exposition has been somewhat 

 retarded by rain, but it is now fairly 

 complete; and the large plantings of 

 pansies anil bulbs throufihout the 

 grounds are showing up finely. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Costa Rica was W. Atlee Burpee's 

 objective point on his vacation this 

 year. He has just returned and the 

 machine will get an added hum — if 

 such a thing is possible in such a 

 well-oiled smooth-running outfit as 

 Burpee's. 



Henry F. Michell, president of the 

 H. F. Michell Co.. has returned from 

 his vacation on the Florida coast. He 

 visited Bel Air and other points and 

 reports a very enjoyable time. He 

 looks fit and hearty and ready for the 

 rush which is just about commencing. 



Edward Reid tendered a complimen- 

 tary dinner on the 20th inst to his old 

 employee, Stuart H, Miller. Mr. Mil- 

 ler will open a new commission house 

 on his own account at 1617 Ranstead 

 street about March 1st. He has been 

 thirteen years with Mr. Reid, has had 

 a thorough training in the business and 

 is a young man of great promise. He 

 is liked and respected by everybody — 

 and is a hustler. We feel sure he will 

 make his mark and be a credit to us 

 all. We extend our most cordial and 

 heartiest good wishes. 



NEW YORK. 



.losepli K. UoelkiT Is off on his regu- 

 lar western s|irliig trip. 



Harry A. Bunyard is having his now 

 store at 40 West 28lh street fixed up 

 in attractive shape and will be ready 

 to occupy it shortly. 



Two wholesale houses are prepar- 

 ing to move westward on 28th street, 

 J. K. Allen, who goes to 118 and H. E. 

 Froment who goes to 148 a few weeks 

 hence, and there are others who are 

 considering a similar move. Both the 

 parties above mentioned will have 

 greatly Increased room and facilities. 



The final schedule and entry blanks, 

 etc., for the "International" Flower 

 Show at Grand Central Palace are now 

 ready and copies have been sent out 

 by Secretary Young to all whose ad- 

 dress he has. Anyone desiring to re- 

 ceive same will be accommodated by 

 applying to John Youny, t>'.i West 28th 

 street. 



There will be a meeting of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show Committee on 

 March 2 and of the directors of the 

 Florists' Telegraph Delivery on March 

 3 at the I^a Salle Hotel, Chicago, in 

 connection with the annual meeting of 

 the Executive Board of the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists. 



Frederick W. Smythe of the florist 

 firm of Wadley & Smythe has pur- 

 chased the Depew Building at 487 to 

 491 Fifth avenue, between Forty-first 

 and Foily-second streets, facing the 

 r'ublic Library and adjoining the new 

 Rogers-Peet Building. The property 

 is owned by the Augustine Pettier 

 estate. The leasehold now has about 

 eight and one-half years to run. The 

 florists have occupied one of the large 

 stores in the building for some time. 



The annual meeting of the Greater 

 New York Florists Association took 

 place on Wednesday night, February 

 17, at 162 Livingston street, Brooklyn. 

 The business of the evening was the 

 election of officers for the year. With 

 but one exception, those selected were 

 Brooklyn growers and retailers. Those 

 chosen were: President, Hugo H. 

 Jahn: vice-president, George I. Laird; 

 treasurer,. Robert G. Wilson; secre- 

 tary, William A. Phillips. The new 

 board of directors is composed of 

 Hugo H. Jahn, George 1. Laird, Wil- 

 liam A. Phillips, Robert G. Wilson, F. 

 G. VanMater, John V. Phillips of 

 Brooklyn and Charles Weber of Lyn- 

 hriiok, L. f. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The four Sharper brothers, all of 

 whom have long been in the employ of 

 Gude Bros. Company, are about to en- 

 gage in the florists' business on their 

 own account. W'illiam and John Sharp- 

 er are to be located at Oxon Hill, Md., 

 while Herbert and Al. Sharper will 

 build houses at Silver Hill. Md. 



The proposed encampment of the 

 Grand Army of the Potomac next Au- 

 gust, promises to be a big thing for 

 the National Capital and elaborate ar- 

 rangements are being made by the 

 citizens' committee, at the head of 

 which is William F. Gude as chairman. 



