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April 24. 191& 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 

 The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston will hold Us annual picnic at 

 Cunningham Park. Kast Milton. July 22. 



Thos. Clark, of Boylston street, has 

 taken his son Into the business. A 

 Ford truck has been added to the de- 

 livery equipment of the Arm. 



No information has been received 

 concerning \Vm. S. Grassie. of Waver- 

 ley, who disappeared from his home a 

 couple of weeks ago. It is rumored 

 that he was In some financial trouble. 



Cattleya Mossiae is extremely popu- 

 lar with local florists just now. Grow- 

 ers of this prime favorite have fine 

 crops of this variety coming in, for 

 whith they are finding a ready 

 market. 



Kamayama & Serada of North Cam- 

 bridge, have opened up another retail 

 store, In addition to their present 

 greenhouse business In N. Cambridge 

 and a store In Claremont, N. H. Bed- 

 ding plants are now crowding every 

 foot of space In the greenhouses. 



Some specialties noted In the mar- 

 ket this week are snapdragons from 

 R. P. Peterson, Framlngham; Spanish 

 iris from Kidder Bros., of Lincoln, and 

 from Herman Waldecker, of Brain- 

 tree; calendulas from A. G. Lake, of 

 Wellesley Hills, and double bachelor's 

 buttons from L. E. Small, of Tewks- 

 bury. 



Three hundred members of the un- 

 employed went to work last week on 

 the Convention Garden in the Fenwa.v, 

 grading and filling the many indivi- 

 dual flower plots and the setting of 

 600 lilacs that were taken from the 

 Jamauaway. 



The department is prepared to spend 

 In the first allotment $5,000 that has 

 been contributed to the city treasury 

 by department heads in obeying the 

 order of the mayor to turn back 5 p. c. 

 of their salary. The mayor hopeo, 

 however, that public-spirited citizens 

 will appreciate the great possibilities 

 for floral displays at this spot 

 and contribute money to make the 

 garden the equal of last year at least. 

 It is stated that several citizens will 

 co-operate with the park and recrea- 

 tion department by offering money 

 when it is needed. The Garden con 

 stitutes an additional drain on the 

 park department as all other garden 

 work is to he kept up the same as 

 usual. The Public Garden, In particu- 

 lar, will lose none of its attractiveness 

 by reason of the Fens experiment. 



NEW ORLEANS, 



Now Orleans will have a flower 

 show May t> to 9 Inclusive, In connec- 

 tion with the "city beautiful" cam- 

 paign. The New Orleans Horticul- 

 tural Society in charge of the show 

 announced these dales after confer- 

 ring with representatives of the Feder- 

 ation of Women's ('lubs and the Athea- 

 neuni has been chosen as the place for 

 the show. 



The meeting of the horticultural 

 society at which the general plan was 

 adopted was held Tuesday night, April 

 13, A canvass of the membership 

 present Indicated that space at the 

 show would be in great demand. The 

 last general meeting before the show 

 will be hold .\prll 29. President Cho- 

 pin Indicated In his remarks that the 

 show would likely be made an annual 

 affair, especially if the popular sup- 

 port develops to the extent promised. 



The show will not be limited to 

 florists only. Dealers In baskets and al- 

 lied objects which could be considered 

 at the same time with flowers will also 

 be accorded space. Certain of the 

 city's schools will also likely use some 

 space for exhibits of the flowers grown 

 by the students. 



CHICAGO. 



.Michael Fink has been III for sever- 

 al days suffering from the grippe. 



Mayor Martin Behrman has named 

 a new Audubon Park Commission, act- 

 ing under authority given him by the 

 last session of the State Legislature. 

 As soon as the new board is estab- 

 lished a hundred thousand dollars, to 

 be realized from the sale of bonds al- 

 ready authorized, will be available for 

 improving the park, most of this 

 money going for artificial waterways. 

 The horticultural hall, a temporary 

 structure built for the New Orleans 

 Exposition of 1884, and containing 

 some of the finest plant specimens on 

 the continent, will likely be provided 

 for by the new board; either It must 

 be rebuilt or torn down. To rebuild 

 would cost approximately $25,000. 

 Should it be decided to tear the old 

 building down a smaller greenhouse 

 will likely be erected In some other 

 part of the park. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 John and Donald Mcl.aren have just 

 returned after a trip to Redlands. Los 

 .Angeles and San Diego. 



A wild flower show was held in Oak 

 Park, Cal., recently, when several 

 hundred children entered bouquets 

 and designs. The members of the City 

 Park Board acted as judges. 



The florist trade Is more or less in- 

 terested in the passage of a bill by the 

 California Senate prohibiting boys and 

 girls under 14 years of age from sell- 

 ing flowers, newspapers or periodicals 

 on the street. 



The plans of the city beautiful com- 

 mittee of the Woman's Council of Sac- 

 ramento, Cal., for the beautification of 

 the city during the coming summer 

 months will no doubt stimulate inter- 

 est in flower growing very noticeably. 

 Twelve cash prizes are offered. 



Harry Itowe has turned the lease of 

 his wholesale and retail Ktores over 

 to Kyle & Foerster, and will take for 

 his own use the store one door south, 

 formerly occupied by J. B. Deamud. 



Among the recent visitors to Chi- 

 cago was Charles Hornecker of East 

 Orange, .\. .1.. on his way home. He 

 sailed from .New York and made his 

 way to San Francisco via the Panama 

 Canal, returning overland. 



A. Lange's stand in the new Stevens 

 Building was opened a week ago and 

 now begins to near its completion. It 

 is in the arcade close to the elevators 

 and within easy reach of the main 

 salesroom. It will be fitted with all 

 conveniences necessary to carry on a 

 large business and is in charge of one 

 of' Mr. Lange's most competent men, 

 A. Hall. 



C. F. Bargholtz, who has a retail 

 flower store at 391G N. Clark street. Is 

 missing. On A))ril 12th he left his 

 store for the purpose of depositing 

 something over a hundred dollars in 

 the bank and has not been heard from 

 since. His business had been regarded 

 as in a good condition and he is a man 

 of good habits. The police are trying 

 to find out what has become of him. 



Chicago florists are having more 

 than their share of misfortunes this 

 spring. With the violent death of Mr. 

 Weil at the hand of former employees 

 for the purpose of securing the money 

 from his Easter sales and the disap- 

 pearance of C. F. Bargholtz and his 

 money as he went to the bank, the 

 whole trade has been greatly shocked. 

 The streets are full of the unemployed 

 and the carpenters' strike is adding to 

 a bad situation. 



J. Bohanan's venture on State street, 

 under the name of the Flower Market, 

 is watched with more or less interest 

 by his fellow florists. He rented a 

 store temporarily vacant and sells 

 flowers at a fraction of what they are 

 sold at his regular store only a block 

 away. He is drawing a crowd and 

 helping clear the market of stock, but 

 it does not appear how much money he 

 is making or the effect it may have 

 later on his regular customers. 



F. F. Renthey. who is in a 

 good position to judge the new 

 roses says that it is an evidence of the 

 appreciation that tlie new roses are 

 meeting, that they sell, when the older 

 ones remain unsold during dull weeks. 

 .An example is found in the records of 

 sales since Easter. Ophelia and Mrs. 

 Russell have sold, though at a reduc- 

 tion, it is true, when Killarney and 

 other of the older sorts have been an 

 impossibility. 



The fate of Mother's Day sort of 

 hangs in the balance this year. It 

 will either be given an impetus that 

 will place it on the list of special days 

 for florists here in Chicago, or it will 

 L'o back to the oblivion from which it 



