590 



n HTl C U L T U R E 



May 1, 1916 



for I'hIraso rllniute. 



The rnicrlalniiK'nt booked for tin? 



(•■ Florists' Club and tlielr 



tlii'lr rPKtilur .May nicollnR 



I .11. ..n ihi^iir. ^s HuildinK 

 l''ov;li"mu.ii, 

 .III SrIiool. 

 Kvcry llorlst Is inviii.-(l. 



The thernionietor has liecn running 

 closo to Iho nineties for days and a 

 hot wind blowhiB most of the time. 

 Some of the shrubbery Is In bloom, 

 forsythlas In fart are nearly throuRh. 

 and prunes Just at their best. Tulips 

 and hyacinths are showing In all 

 their Klory of eolor but are likely to be 

 short-lived In the scorching wind. 



Just as we went to press last week, 

 votes were being counted in the subur- 

 ban towns. As the result of the elec- 

 tion, many florists, well-known In the 

 trade, wili serve their towns as presi- 

 dents or trustees, .^mong the presi- 

 dents are Fritz Bahr. Highland Park; 

 Aug. Poehlmann, Morton Orove; Geo. 

 Klehra. Miles Center and .John T. 

 Muir. River Forest. 



The J. C. Monlnger Co.. has just be- 

 gun the erection of a range of green- 

 houses for Henry Ford, on his new- 

 private place in Detroit. The old 

 houses are being torn down and when 

 the new ones are completed the manu- 

 facturer of the famous auto will have 

 a conservatory and summer home lu 

 be proud of. A new range is under 

 ■wav bv the same firm, at Lake Geneva 

 for \V. S McCrea. 



The Prosperity Parade included sev- 

 eral florists, whose delivery cars were 

 decorated with fresh flowers and greens 

 and were quiikly noted by their con- 

 trast to the tissue paper bedecked ve- 

 hicles. Chas. A. Samuelson used clus- 

 ters of baby rambler roses, made Into 

 garlands with asparagus, and the en- 

 tire car was festooned. J. Mangel 

 carried out the same idea with gar- 

 lands of daffodils and A. l.ange used 

 his three delivery cars. One of the de- 

 partment stores had a large auto filled 

 with palms and ferns. The cut flowers 

 held their own remarkably well in a 

 parade that required three hours to 

 pass a given point, under a blazing 

 sun and a hot wind. 



True to prediction, the profusion of 

 flowers and floral emblems was much 

 larger than usual, at the City Hall, 

 when the new officers took their 

 places April 2.5th. Mayor Thompson's 

 office looked as if a flower show were 

 in operation. Conspicuous among the 

 many large and finely executed de- 

 signs was an American flag. 4x6 feet. 

 The stripes were in red and white 

 carnations, and violets bordered an in- 

 scription which occupied the field. A 

 star, eight feet in height, was well 

 done and an immense horseshoe was 

 among the large gifts. One of the 



BUDDLEIA VARIABILIS 



(BUTTERFLY BUSH HARDY 



Strong plants from 3-ln. pots. Planted now outdoors will bloom from July 



I.I-, iiiiiti 1 1 iv..^! vv.T'in ■•> I !.'''■'"''""' i'i:ii'' 1" iMiv i-iiiiii garden. 



$2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100 



W. R. NICHOLSON, - Framingham, Mass. 



prettiest of the smaller designs was 

 i( threcfoiit ship, all in white. 



The olllce of the clilef of police was 

 so packed with floral offerings, whicli 

 were still coming on the second day. 

 that one could scarcely enter the 

 rooms. Twenty vases of .-Xnierican 

 Beauties and other roses occupied 

 tables and floor and the giant floral 

 designs had scarcely room to stand. 

 Among the latter was a large saddle, 

 done with Milady roses. Another 

 piece which was especially well done, 

 was an enormous wheel, ten or twelve 

 feet high, of pink and white carnation.s 

 and bearing on the face of it the head 

 and shoulders of a horse. Dark red 

 carnations were used. A five-foot urn 

 made of carnations was beautifully ex- 

 ecuted. The foundation was white 

 carnations and it was trimmed and 

 filled with roses. A vase of 200 .\meri- 

 can Beauties was arranged by .lohii T. 

 Muir. 



NEW WHOLESALE HOUSE IN 

 BOSTON. 

 Patrick Welch. <il Huston, will open 

 a new cut flower commission house at 

 262 Devonshire street, Winthrop 

 square. May 3, 1915. This store is 

 favorably located next door to the Co- 



terest In tin- W.'lcli Bros. Co." at 220 

 Devonshire street, of which he Is 

 president. The business under his 

 personal management will be con- 

 ducted absolutely as wholesale. No 

 goods sold at retail. He will be as- 

 sisted by experienced salesmen whose 

 knowledge of the wholesale cut flower 

 business is well established. 



Special attcntloti will be given to the 

 shipment of orders on the early morn- 

 ing trains out of Boston and the sup- 

 ply at all times of the novelties in cut 

 flowers for which Boston Market Is 

 famous. The store will open at 6 a. m. 

 Telephone .Main 2698. Paul Began will 

 be manager and Patrick Welch trea- 

 surer. 



PERSONAL, 

 Peter Hughes formerly in the em- 

 ploy of C. L. Howe, Dover, N. H., has 

 accepted a position at a Pittsfield, 

 .Mass., greenhouse. 



A letter recently received by S. S. 

 Pennock, Philadelphia, from Edwin 

 Lonsdale, shows .\lr. Lonsdale to be in 

 a hopeful state of mind regarding the 

 outcome of his sickness. He is now at 

 the Naturopathic Institute and Sana- 

 torium of California, at Los .Angeles, 

 and the changed course of treatment 

 seems to have benefited him materially. 



Harry Bayersdorfer of Philadelphia 

 will, this year, substitute a trip to 

 .Japan instead of his accustomed an- 

 nual visit to Germany. He intends 

 sailing on the .Manchuria from Sau 

 Francisco about the middle of May. 

 .\'o man in the supply business has 

 a better knowledge of the needs of 

 the florists of this country and we 

 .'^hall be surprised if he does not bring 

 some good things over from .Tapan 

 which will meet with enthusiastic ap- 

 rrcciation by the American florists 



rid the public. 



P.VTiiii K Wi;i.< II 



operative Market and across the street 

 from the Exchange. 



Mr. Welch has been requested by 

 certain growers to handle their prod- 

 uct, which he has consented to do. 

 He will at the same time retain his in- 



NEW YORK VERSUS TUXEDO. 



I'lif New York Klorisis' Bowling Club 

 iiiil the Tuxedo Horticultural Society 

 Killed their return match on Thum's 

 \lleys. New York, on Thursday after- 

 iion. April 22. The New York boys 

 on. After the games were rolled all 

 .aiids enjoyed a nice supper. There 

 IS another match to be rolled which 

 will be announced later. Following 

 are the scores: 



TUXKDO. XKW YORK 



Coolcy. 177 131 lin Ford 



liiirth, 111-107 ll'J Scott, 



liiiiscy, 133 12S 114 Rledcl. 



:viurray, 142 17.") 143 Fonrich, 



r.cntley, 152 131 148 MIesem, 



riavidson, 111 109 100 ,Tacobsou, 



104 179 145 

 107 102 170 

 Hi.-) 170 114 

 Mil ICO 132 

 ].-(l 124 168 

 14U 120 110 



Totals, 82C 841 S4.j Totals, 872 921 839 



