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HORTICULTURE 



March 6, 191G 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



Several local florists are talking of 

 a protest campaign nKnliiKt the use of 

 green-dyed curnaUona on St. Patrick's 

 Day. 



Houghton & Gorney Co. have their 

 store illumined with a hig display 

 of forced forsylhla in the centre, Uiis 

 week. 



P. Welch. William R. Nicholson, 

 Thomas Roland and Herman Uartsch 

 are absent, this week, attending the 

 Executive Board meeting of the S. A. 

 F. In Chicago. 



Some specialties noted this week are 

 Spanish iris from F. P. Putnam of 

 Lowell, callas from Chas. Evans of 

 Watertown. sweet peas from \Vm. Sim 

 of C'liftondale, violets from John Cum- 

 mlngs of Woburn, and bougainvUleas 

 from Thos. Roland of Nahunt. 



Julius Zinn reports a good business 

 since his removal a few doors nearer 

 the Beacon Hill end of Park street. 

 An attraction in his window this week 

 is one of Roper's sensational seedling 

 carnations, and blooming rhododen- 

 drons inside make a very inviting pic- 

 ture. 



Carbone had a fine display of blue 

 iris in his window this week. Business 

 has been fairly good with this firm, al- 

 though most of it has been done in 

 statuary and pottery, rather than in 

 cut flowers. A special line of baskets 

 and stone receptacles will be featured 

 for Easter. 



A large attendance is expected at 

 the annual banquet of the Gardeners* 

 and Florists' Club at the New Ameri- 

 can House, March 10. An attractive 

 program is promised, ending with 

 dancing. All members are urged to at- 

 tend, as a good time is always to be 

 bad at this annual event. 



The street venders are coming into 

 their own just now. As far as the 

 violet growers are concerned these 

 people are almost a necessity, if the 

 salesmen would clean up at the end 

 of the day. Where does the grower's 

 profit come in, selling violets at 15c. 

 to 18c. per 100? The violet market 

 certainly has been hard hit this year 

 in Boston. 



Harry Quint's new store on Boyls- 

 ton street was opened up last Satur- 

 day. The amount of business done 

 was surprising, considering the unfin- 

 ished condition of the store. Mr. Quint 

 will follow his plan of popular prices, 

 an innovation for this neighborhood, 

 in the Back Bay. Even flower buyers 

 who are in a position to pay high 

 prices seem to take kindly to the pop- 

 ular price idea. 



The credit protective association of 

 local growers and wholesalers is being 

 actively pushed. Papers are now in 

 circulation for prospective members to 

 sign. Several prominent retailers are 

 also encouraging the movement, ex- 

 pressing their willingness to abide by 

 any fair regulations proposed by the 

 association. The plan is good and war- 

 rants the co-operation of all Boston 

 florists. An expression of opinion In 

 the form of an article from a noted 

 retailer will appear shortly in the col- 



ums of HOBTICULTURE. 



CHICAGO. 



Chas. A. Samuelson is in southern 

 Idaho where he has a large apple or- 

 chard. 



George Walther. a prominent south 

 side florist, is confined to his homo 

 with tonsilitis. 



George Kirchoff, of the F. Oechslin 

 force, has the sympathy of the trade In 

 the sudden death of his father. 



Word has been received from Mr. 

 and Mrs. W. J. Smyth, that they great- 

 ly enjoyed their winter vacation In 

 Florida and Cuba and are now on their 

 way home. 



The genial face of the postman who 

 has traversed Wabash avenue for 20 

 years, will be missed by some of the 

 florists, tor Christ Sorenson brought 

 their mail for the last time on Satur- 

 day. Sunday he was ill and Monday 

 he passed away. Not a florist — but 

 carrying mail to florists Is surely an 

 "allied industry." 



A. J. Simmons says business has 

 averaged good on the far south side of 

 the city and has added an auto deliv- 

 ery to his retail store equipment. This 

 he regards now as a necessity. Col- 

 lections are reported very slow. Mr. 

 Simmons has almost entirely regained 

 his health and with the assistance of 

 Mrs. Simmons has made the store one 

 of the most attractive in his locality. 



Julius Wall now has the new green- 

 houses at 3235 Springfield avenue, in 

 the best of condition. These houses 

 were in the process of construction 

 when his father died, last June, and 

 the young man has devoted himself to 

 completing the work. The old place 

 was on School street where the busi- 

 ness was started thirty years ago. The 

 new location is a fine one and the 

 houses are filled with a general line of 

 bedding stock. Both wholesale and re- 

 tail trade is carried on and there will 

 be some good stock for Easter. 



For many months the force of em- 

 ployees at the Foley Greenhouse Man- 

 ufacturing Company have put in all 

 their spare time completing the fac- 

 tory, and now there is not a better 

 equipped plant for the purpose in the 

 country. A railroad track on the south 

 side brings all material into the fac- 

 tory and another to the north carries 

 out the finished products, while the 

 large space between is used for a lum- 

 ber yard. The ground fioor of the fac- 

 tory is given to the iron work where 

 each machine is run by a separate 

 motor, and adjoining this is a large 

 room for painting and stacking wood 

 work. The upper room has been part- 

 ly double-decked and about 30,000 

 square feet of floor space is devoted to 

 the production of all that goes to make 

 a first-class greenhouse. A visit here 

 would be a revelation to one who has 

 been accustomed to look at green- 

 house building as a simple affair. Mr. 

 Foley has just been granted a patent 

 on a bar bracket for attaching wood 

 bars to Iron gutters. The piece Is 

 comparatively small but very im- 

 portant. The case had been pending 

 for some time. C. H. Schlueter, secre- 

 tary of the company, was recently 

 married to Eleanor Schultz. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



John FothiTinnhtini. the well-known 

 reiiresentativc of European and East- 

 ern houses, has just returned from the 

 East. 



Hogan, Kooyman & Co. are furnlsh- 

 ing a large number of potted palms 

 and ferns for tlie Netherlands build- 

 ing, which is now being completid. 



One of the exhibits which is attract- 

 ing much attention Is that of orchids 

 in the Pliillpplne Islands building, 

 which was formally dedicated Febru- 

 ary 26. This exhibit contains over 

 4,000 specimens, and is valued at about 

 $20,000. Many of the varieties, It is 

 said, are being shown In this country 

 for the first time. 



The Art Floral Company of this city 

 was made the victim of a practical 

 joker a few days ago, when some 

 "friend" of the house took its automo- 

 bile around the block and left It in a 

 back alley. The company was put to 

 no little inconvenience and several 

 hours elapsed, during which police as- 

 sistance was asked for, before the ma^ 

 chin'e was located. 



Attention is still centered upon the 

 Exposition, in which flowers are al- 

 ready a prominent feature, though 

 comparatively little of the general 

 plantings is now in bloom. Planting 

 around many of the state and national 

 buildings is still incomplete, but Is be- 

 ing rushed as fast as possible. One of 

 the most interesting events was the 

 celebration of San Mateo county on 

 Thursday of this week. Most of the 

 violets for the San Francisco market 

 are grown in that county, and these 

 flowers by the ton, several wagonloads 

 in all, were heaped in a mound inside 

 the Scott street entrance. The flowers 

 were distributed by three thousand 

 San Mateo school children, who pre- 

 sented a bunch to every visitor to the 

 Exposition; and about 15.000 bunches 

 were distributed among the San Mateo 

 delegation alone. 



WASHINGTON. 



William F. Gude has gone to Chi- 

 cago for the purpose of attending the 

 meeting of the executive board of the 

 S. A. F. and O. H. 



Frank W. Bolglano is named as 

 among those elected at the meeting of 

 the executive committee as new mem- 

 bers of the Washington Board of 

 Trade. 



Charles F. DIggs has been appointed 

 receiver of the bankrupt estate of the 

 Washington Florists' Company, and 

 the case has been referred to Ralph D. 

 Quinter, referee in bankruptcy. The 

 first meeting of the creditors was held 

 on March 1. The bond of the receiver 

 has been placed at $4000. 



J. Henry Small has been selected by 

 President R. P. Andrews as a member 

 of the committee on credits and col- 

 lections, considered one of the most 

 Important committees of the Retail 

 Merchants' Association, and Z. D. 

 Blackistone will serve on the commit- 

 tee on trade abuses, and William 

 Marche on the committee on home 

 trade. 



