February 27, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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 ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Another prominent florist, a member 

 of the committee, is J. Henry Small. 



Plans will be discussed at the March 

 meeting of the Brookland Rose Society 

 for the holding of a rose show in the 

 spring. At the February meeting the 

 members were addressed by Prof. S. 

 K. Mulford, of the Department of Agri- 

 culture on "The Pruning of Roses." 

 Other speakers were President Charles 

 F. Tansill, Dr. William Turner, and 

 Miss Carrie Harrison, who is an orchid 

 expert at the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



The florists of the center market, 

 more than a dozen in number, are very 

 well pleased with the show that was 

 held there last week and are already 

 active in the plans for a second affair 

 of this kind. The market was thronged 

 with people every day, it being esti- 

 mated more than 100.000 people were 

 present during the week. Not only 

 were many additional sales made, but 

 those participating were given an op- 

 portunity to avail themselves of some 

 excellent advertising. 



CHICAGO. 



A. Peterson of the Peterson Floral 

 Co., Gibson City, 111., while here this 

 week said that he has bought the 

 greenhouses of C. W. Moore, of Clin- 

 ton, 111., and has rented a store in that 

 town. Ho will be ready to open the 

 store about March 1. 



George Teglaar left for New York 

 last week and his family will follow 

 in a few days. Mrs. Teglaar is a 

 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam'l 

 Pearse and Mr. Teglaar is a well 

 known bulb salesman, and expects 

 soon to sail for Prance. 



At the store and greenhouses of the 

 Kirchhoff Bros., 4713 Milwaukee Ave., 

 the two young men are making good 

 headway mastering the details of the 

 business. Just as the place was Hear- 

 ing completion, the father passed 

 away and the young sons have greatly 

 missed his counsel. 



The Thompson Carnation Co. of Jo- 

 liet. 111., has leased the greenhouses 

 owned by H. N. Higgenbotham and 

 operated under the name o£ the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. The recent man- 

 ager of the Chicago Carnation Co., A. 

 T. Pyfer with his foreman Peter Ol- 

 son has gone into business in Wil- 

 mette. 



The A. L. Randall Co., has leased 

 the second floor of the new LeMoyne 

 block now nearing completion at the 

 corner of Wabash avenue and Lake 

 street. The new building is one 

 of the flnest on the street and the lo- 

 cation is a choice one. E. C. Amling 

 has not made arrangements for the 

 future but may possibly go into the 

 first floor of the same building. 



In visiting Sam'l Pearse's place 

 one's first impression is that he has 

 come to a flower show. The large 

 service building was a mass of bloom. 

 Thousands of tulips in pans covered 

 the tables and other bulbous stock 

 seemed to reach as far as the eye 

 could see. Three large houses of gi- 

 ganteum lilies are about a toot high 

 and as even as if they had been 

 mowed off. 



Phil Schupp says that the growing 

 of more roses and less carnations has 

 worked out well this winter. Ophelia 

 has proven a good rose with the J. A. 

 Budlong Co., and Mr. Schupp is ex- 

 pecting to increase his planting this 

 year. Double White Killarney is also 

 making a good record here. Mrs. Rus- 

 sell has not been as free as had been 

 hoped but will be tried again. Mary- 

 land which did well here at first has 

 not proven satisfactorj' and has been 

 discarded. 



Among the downtown florists. Geo. 

 Wienhoeber carried off the honors, in 

 window displays, in celebration of 

 Washington's birthday. The window 

 was highly artistic and displayed the 

 flowers and iilants offered for sale to 

 excellent advantage. In the back- 



ground was a six-foot wreath of mag- 

 nolia leaves, encircling a life-sized bust 

 of Washington mounted upon a ped- 

 estal which was draped with flags. At 

 the right front were pots of spring 

 flowers tied with the new chiffon rib- 

 bon figured with gold and silver. In 

 the foreground were plants of prunus 

 in which were hung red hatchets. The 

 Atlas window had a ground of bark 

 and the national colors were tasteful- 

 ly displayed around the picture of 

 W'ashington 



OBITUARY. 



H. Frank Darrow. 



H. Frank Darrow, who has been 

 American representative of Vilmorin's 

 and other prominent foreign houses 

 since the death of August Rhotert 

 several years ago, died at Long Island 

 College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., on 

 Sunday, February 21. after a two 

 weeks' illness. Mr. Darrow w^as in the 

 employ of Mr. Rhotert in the offlce at 

 26 Barclay street. New Y^ork, for a 

 number of years. He was born in New 

 London, Conn. His age was 48 years. 

 He leaves a widow and one daughter. 

 He was a member of the Society of 

 American Florists and New York 

 Florists' Club. 



William B. King. 

 William B. King, a veteran of the 

 Civil War. for many' years a florist in 

 the town, and a well-known resident 

 of Apponaug. died on February 18, at 

 his home on Main street, Apponaug, 

 R. I. Death was due to a complication 

 of diseases incident to old age, he be- 

 ing 75 years old. In 1888 Mr. King 

 built a greenhouse and started the 

 florist business, and he was a charter 

 member of the Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club of Rhode Island. T^\'0 years 

 ago he gave up this business, which 

 has since been carried on by his son. 



